Correspondence Joint scintigraphy and erosions SIR, Isotope studies have been widely used in rheumatol-ogy for about 20 years. The study by Desaulniers and coworkers indicated that skeletal scintigraphy was a more sensitive method for the detection of inflammatory joint disease than radiography.' It appeared to be more sensitive than clinical evaluation in the diagnosis of joint inflammation of...

Osteoid osteoma (OO) is a relatively common skeletal neoplasm, frequently involves long bones. OO of rib is extremely rare, including 0.23-2% of OO cases. Most of them arose in posterior arc, frequently in its head or neck and might lead to painful scoliosis. Involvement of anterior aspect of a rib is extremely rare. Skeletal scintigraphy is highly sensitive for detection of OO. “Doubl...

We report a case of esophageal carcinoma that showed extraosseous accumulation of 99mTc-MDP in lymph node metastases to the cervical and paracardial lymph nodes. There are few cases showing abnormal extraosseous accumulation of 99mTc-MDP in esophageal cancer lesion. The patient was a 53-year-old man with advanced esophageal cancer. Bone scintigraphy demonstrated extraosseous accumulations in le...

Purpose: Demonstrate the possible manifestations of SAPHO syndrome. Material and methods: 38-year-old woman with suspected syndrome were performed scintigraphy SPECT/CT for evaluate localization abundance process. Results: Osteosclerosis hyperostosis left clavicle, osteosclerosis L1 vertebra other, less pronounced changes, accompanied by active accumulation 99mTc-MDP, revealed. Conclusion: It i...

Current treatment of metastatic bone prostate cancer with Docetaxel chemotherapy per CHAARTED trial is standard of care. Timing of CT and bone scintigraphy for evaluation of successful treatment of lytic lesions is not available in the literature. We present a case of a 70 year old male with PSA of 586 and wide spread metastatic bone lytic lesions, who underwent androgen deprivation therapy and...

Unexpected findings on bone scintigraphy such as asymmetrical uptake in extremities may cause confusion for the diagnosis. The authors describe three cases of accidental intraarterial injection of Tc-(99m) methylene diphosphonate ((99m)Tc-MDP) on the antecubital region and discuss the findings and differential diagnosis.

Background/Aim. There is a constant and dramatic in-crease in hip knee prosthetic implantations worldwide. However, decrease the percentage of failed (infected) not significant (0.5% up to 2%). The real challenge whether joint loosening was caused by aseptic inflammation or infection. aim present study attempt distinguish sterile from infection patients with painful joint. Another objective det...

Skeletal metastases are a most common event in prostate cancer patients with advanced cancer disease. Early detection of bone metastases is crucial to initiate successful therapy. Now a days imaging technique such as bone scintigraphy is a frequently used method for detection of bone metastases. Without radiological tools it is difficult to diagnose, treat or follow clinically, bone metastases ...

We report a case of early syphilis with multiple bone lesions which all resolved after treatment with penicillin. We discuss why bone lesions may be more prevalent than generally believed and why 99m-Tc-MDP-bone scintigraphy is more sensitive than radiography in detecting syphilitic periostitis.

Stanford University, Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, USA Here we prospectively compared the combined 18F NaF/18F FDG PET/ MRI against 99mTc-MDP in patients with breast and prostate cancers. Twelve patients referred for 99mTc-MDP bone scans were prospectively enrolled from Oct 14 Jan 15. The cohort included 6 men with prostate cancer and 6 women with ...