Accuracy of SPECT bone scintigraphy in diagnosis of meniscal tears

Authors

  • Ali Gholamrezanezhad Research Institute for Nuclear Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Ali Radmehr Department of Radiology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Babak Fallahi Research Institute for Nuclear Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Davood Beiki Research Institute for Nuclear Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Javad Esmaili Department of Nuclear Medicine, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Masoud Moslehi Research Institute for Nuclear Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Mohammad Eftekhari Research Institute for Nuclear Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Mohammad Naghi Tahmasebi Department of Orthopedic, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Mohsen Saghari Research Institute for Nuclear Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:

Introduction: Scintigraphy has been considered as a useful tool in the assessment of meniscal tears. Our objective was to assess the accuracy of single photon emission tomography (SPECT), using MRI as the gold standard, in the diagnosis of meniscal tears. Materials and Methods: Between January 2003 and February 2005, 45 patients were studied with SPECT and MRI. Results: The respective sensitivity rate, specificity rate, and positive and negative predictive accuracies of SPECT were 78 %, 88 %, 80 %, and 86 %. Conclusion: SPECT is a valuable imaging technique and could be considered as competitive for MRI in diagnosis of meniscal tears. SPECT is specially a useful alternative when MRI is unavailable or unsuitable and it is beneficial when more possible accuracy is desired (when MRI results are either inconclusive or contradict with other clinical data).

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volume 13  issue 1

pages  1- 6

publication date 2005-01-01

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