Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Pivot Concepts:
Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Target Concepts:
Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Query: UMLS:C0153690 (
bone metastases
)
6,382
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Bone scans with 99mtechnetium diphosphonate were performed on 2 patients with
gynecomastia
induced by diethylstilbestrol therapy for adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Neither patient had evidence of
bone metastases
but both scans revealed increased isotope concentration over the anterior rib cage at the lateral margin of the chest wall, corresponding in location to the hypertrophic breasts. This observation may be related to similar radionuclide uptake in normal and abnormal female breasts. One should not mistake the finding of
gynecomastia
for metastases of the ribs.
...
PMID:Gynecomastia demonstrated on the bone scan. 87 1
