Received 7/9/2003; revised 7/23/2003; accepted 8/10/2003. For correspondence or reprints contact: Yeh-You Shen, M.D., Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital. 95 Wen-Chang Road, Shih Lin District, Taipei 111, Taiwan. Tel: (886)2-28332211 ext. 2280, Fax: (886)2-28389489, E-mail: [email protected] A 57-year-old female underwent whole-body F-fluorodeoxyglucose posi...

OBJECTIVE We planned this study to evaluate the role of bone scintigraphy in patients with suspected carpal fracture and normal or suspicious radiographs following carpal injury. METHODS Three-phase bone scintigraphy using Tc-99m-MDP was performed on 32 patients with negative radiographs but clinically suspected fracture at two weeks after the trauma. Focally increased radiopharmaceutical upt...

Osteopetrosis, also known as marble bone disease, is a clinically rare genetic disease, which represents a heterogeneous group of rare, inherited bone dysplasias that share the hallmark of abnormally increased bone density caused by osteoclast dysfunction. Hereby, the authors describe a case of osteopetrosis that showed increased diffuse radioactive uptake on whole body bone Tc-methylene diphos...

BACKGROUND A variety of methods were used to establish objective diagnostic criteria of Raynaud's phenomenon. We intended to introduce another method, using radionuclide (Tc-99m methylene diphosphonate) scintigraphy, which is more objective, simple and economical than the past methods. METHODS The finger blood flow with radionuclide scintigraphy was evaluated in 10 patients of Raynaud's syndr...

To cite: Baba A, Ojiri H, Takahashi S, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015213401 DESCRIPTIONF A 47-year-old man was referred to our hospital due to symptoms of trismus and exacerbation of palmoplantar pustulosis. He had been presenting, for 20 years, with refractory and recurrent mandibular osteomyelitis accompanied by palmoplantar pustulos...

Introduction: 99mTc-Methylene diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP) three phase bone scintigraphy (TPS) is beneficial to evaluate the success of femoral head revascularization using novel distraction osteogenesis techniques with bone muscle pedicle grafts. This pilot study was undertaken to evaluate the feasibility and utility of 99mTc-MDP three phase bone ...

Abstract Background The early detection of bone metastases is very important in prostate cancer follow-up. This study aimed to compare conventional tumor markers, namely free prostate-specific antigen (free PSA), total (total PSA/total PSA ratio, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) values, Gleason scores and 99 m Tc-MDP scintigraphy findings the prediction cancer. Methods In total, 175 patients with who...