Extravasation of Diagnostic Radiopharmaceuticals: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?

[摘要] Radiopharmaceutical extravasation (RPE) is occurring worldwide on a frequent basis. As we reported in our 2017 literaturestudy, the evidence on the clinical consequences of RPE is scarce(1). Studies we found at that time described clinical follow-up inonly a handful of case reports, mostly on incidental therapeuticextravasation. In this issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine,Parihar and colleagues present the results of their retrospectivestudy focusing on clinical outcome after RPE (2). In their reviewof 31,679 screened reports of patients who underwent whole-bodybone scintigraphy using 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate, theyreport clinical follow-up in 96 patients in whom RPE occurred.

[学科分类] 医学（综合）