Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology (Korean J Nucl Med Technol)

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Case Report

Incidentally detected abnormal finding of femoral bone density image due to treatment of postoperative lymphatic leakage

Han-Kyung Seo, Do-Cheol Choi, Jae-Yung Jeong, Cheol-Min Shim, Yung-Hwan Jeong

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju, Korea

Correspondence to Han-Kyung Seo, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Jeonbuk National University Hospital, 20, Geonji-ro, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, 03080, Republic of Korea, Tel:+82-63-250-2321, E-mail : shg@jbuh.co.kr

Volume 28, Number 1, Article 2, May 2024. Korean J Nucl Med Technol 2024;28(1):2. https://doi.org/10.12972/kjnmt.20240002
Received on November 15, 2023, Revised on November 28, 2023, Accepted on December 12, 2023, Published on May 31, 2024.
Copyright © 2024 Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Bone Mineral Densitometry (BMD) values is determined numerically with T or Z-score while the image is not considered in the interpretation. Abnormal finding was observed in the left femoral bone density image of a 64-year-old female patient who underwent a left kidney transplantation. This was due to the ethiodized oil used for embolization in the treatment of lymphatic leakage. Radiologic technologists should not only monitor changes of BMD values, but keep in mind to assess the changes in the image to provide accurate information to the patient.
Keywords

Bone Mineral Densitometry, Lymphatic Leakage, Ethiodized Oil

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