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Query: UMLS:C0153690 (bone metastases)
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Adrenal and total body scintigraphs with 131I-6-beta-iodomethyl-19-norcholesterol were obtained in 5 patients who had had prior resection of adrenal cortical carcinoma. The results were compared with roentgenographic findings and liver, bone, and total body gallium-67 citrate scintigraphs. Metastatic lesions were detected with radiolabeled cholesterol in 4 of 5 patients, including 3 liver metastases, 2 bone metastases, and 1 lung metastasis. These lesions were also demonstrated by one or more of the other diagnostic modalities. All initial findings were negative in a fifth patient, who developed brain metastases within two months. The 6-methyl-analog of iodocholesterol makes it possible to detect metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma with total body scans. Whether or not this agent is "tumor specific" and will be of significant clinical utility will have to be determined more fully in a larger series of patients.
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PMID:Detection of metastatic adrenal carcinoma using 131I-6-beta-iodomethyl-19-norcholesterol total body scans. 41 Aug 24

Adrenal and bone metastases as the initial presentation of endometrial carcinoma are rare. We report a case of endometrial carcinoma in a 47-year-old woman with initial manifestation as right chest wall pain, which was suspected as adrenal cortical carcinoma with rib metastasis after diagnostic CT scan. However, uterine and pelvic bone lesions were revealed by staging FDG PET/CT. Eventually, endometrial carcinoma with adrenal and bone metastases was confirmed pathologically.
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PMID:Adrenal and Bone Metastases as the Initial Presentation of Endometrial Carcinoma Diagnosed by 18F-FDG PET/CT. 3252 May 5