Thallium-201 scintigraphy was performed in 8 children with neuroblastoma, and uptake by the tumors was evaluated in comparison with the results of 123I-MIBG scintigraphy. No primary tumors or metastatic lymph nodes showed 201Tl accumulation, but in 4 cases of bone marrow metastases accompanied by focal cortical invasion, the metastatic lesion was demonstrated more clearly on the early image tha...

BACKGROUND Renal osteodystrophy is a metabolic bone disease and a common complication of end-stage chronic renal failure and maintenance dialysis treatment. In this study, we examined the correlation between quantifying bone scintigraphy and serum biochemical markers in hemodialysis patients. METHODS Bone scintigraphy with technetium-99m-hydroxy-methylene-diphosphonate (99mTc-HMDP) was perfor...

PURPOSE We aimed to assess the role of single photon emission computed tomography-computed tomography (SPECT-CT) for characterizing isolated vertebral lesions observed by bone scintigraphy compared to planar scintigraphy, SPECT, and CT, and to evaluate the impact of SPECT-CT on patient management. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data from 99 patients (mean age, 52.4±18.9 years; females, 58.5%) with 108...

BACKGROUND In the assessment of possible periprosthetic knee infection, various imaging modalities are used without consensus regarding the most accurate technique. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES To perform a meta-analysis to compare the accuracy of various applied imaging modalities in the assessment of periprosthetic knee infection. METHODS A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted with a c...

Seventy-seven cases of prostate cancer were treated for 5 years at our department and all cases were followed by bone scintigraphy and tumor markers. Of these cases on case of flare response on bone scintigraphy was recognized. A 51-year-old man was hospitalized with chief complaint of lumbago. Serum PAP and gamma-Sm levels were 320 ng/ml and 15 ng/ml, respectively. Prostate biopsy revealed mod...

OBJECTIVE To review short term results of uncemented cup implantation and the fate of bulk femoral head autografts in patients with acetabular bone deficiency due to dysplasia of the hip. We used bone scintigraphy to assess the viability of the grafts. METHODS We treated 19 hip joints of 17 patients with osteoarthritis due to developmental dysplasia of the hip with uncemented total hip arthro...