Is femoral uptake of Tc99m-methylene diphosphonate on bone scintigraphy in bronchogenic carcinoma an alarming sign: A case report and brief review of literature?

Abstract

Detection of skeletal metastasis in patients with lung cancer is important from management point of view. We report the bone scan finding in a patient with non-small cell lung carcinoma showing isolated abnormal tracer in femur and having a characteristic appearance in computed tomography, highlighting the importance of bone scan in patients with bronchogenic carcinoma.

Keywords

• Bone metastases
• bronchogenic carcinoma
• cortical metastases
• cortical osteolysis