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Radiosynovectomy of ankle joint synovitis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis treated with rhenium-188 tin colloid and imaging with SPECT/CT

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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disease that is mainly characterized by asymmetric erosive synovitis, particularly affecting peripheral joints. Radiation synovectomy, or radiosynovectomy, was first described in 1950s as an adjuvant treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. Radiosynovectomy is based on the irradiation of the synovial joint by means of intra-articular administration of various β-emitting radiopharmaceuticals. As a generator-produced beta-emitting radionuclide, the importance of rhenium-188 (Re-188) in radionuclide therapy is increasing rapidly. There are previous studies that used Re-188 tin colloid in knee joint synovitis, but its use in ankle joint has not yet been reported. We describe the use of Re-188 tin colloid in a 19-year-old male patient who presented with ankle joint synovitis.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, PET/CT and Radionuclide Therapy, Comprehensive Cancer Care Center, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital Limited, Coimbatore, 641 014, Tamil Nadu, India

    Koramadai Karuppusamy Kamaleshwaran, Radhakrishnan Kalarikal & Ajit S. Shinto

  2. Department of Orthopedics, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital Limited, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

    Thirumalaisamy S. Gounder & Boopathy Krishnan

  3. Radiopharmaceuticals Chemistry Section (RPhCS), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India

    Madhav Mallia

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Kamaleshwaran, K.K., Gounder, T.S., Krishnan, B. et al. Radiosynovectomy of ankle joint synovitis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis treated with rhenium-188 tin colloid and imaging with SPECT/CT. Egypt Rheumatol Rehabil 42, 159–161 (2015). https://doi.org/10.4103/1110-161X.163949

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