Bilateral stress fractures of the ulna are extremely rare and have only been described in non-adults. In this case report we present a young adult weightlifter who reported bilateral stress fractures of both ulnae after increasing his training frequency and load. Stress fractures of the ulnae are examples of bone stress injuries due to repetitive muscle pull. The diagnosis can be made by radiog...

The aim of this study was to describe a new variation of the technique to evaluate lymph drainage utilizing lymphoscintigraphy. A LS scan marks the route of lymphatic vessels and may be used to assess both manual lymph drainage and lymph drainage after using some apparatuses. This evaluation may be dynamic, collecting images whilst performing lymph drainage or static, with scans before and afte...

The case of a 12-year-old girl with Jaffé-Lichtenstein-Uehlinger syndrome is presented. A bone scan pattern exhibits clinical symptoms, X ray images and histological findings are described in a case of polyostotic form of the fibrous dysplasia. A biopsy with histology was performed in consideration of bone scan findings and a confirmed final diagnosis.

The precise localisation of osteoarthritic changes is crucial for selective surgical treatment. Single photon-emission CT-CT (SPECT-CT) combines both morphological and biological information. We hypothesised that SPECT-CT increased the intra- and interobserver reliability to localise increased uptake compared with traditional evaluation of CT and bone scanning together. We evaluated 20 consecut...

Contributors: MH had the original idea, designed the study, selected the patients, managed the study, interpreted the results, wrote the first draft of the paper, and edited the paper. JH gathered, interviewed, and examined the patients. CA interpreted the bone scans; gathered, interviewed, and physically examined the patients; interpreted the results, and prepared the manuscript. KN interprete...

Although bone scanning is a test primarily concerned with skeletal abnormalities, important nonosseous findings are occasionally present on the images. To gauge the significance of such nonosseous uptake and, in particular, to determine whether these findings contain useful diagnostic information, the technical and medical staff in nuclear medicine must recognize the various patterns of nonbony...

The purpose of this methods paper is to offer pediatricians and nuclear medicine physicians a diagnostic protocol for performing lymphoscintigraphy in newborns that may be useful for enhancing diagnosis and management of newborns with congenital lymphatic abnormalities. Indications for lymphoscintigraphy, choice of tracer, optimal dose, routes of administration, methods of data acquisition, tim...

Lymphedema is a common clinical problem. Filariasis is the commonest cause of lymphedema in India and is a chronic debilitating disease. The purpose of this study is to highlight the role of lymphoscintigraphy in the evaluation of lymphedema. Our study population consisted of 418 patients diagnosed with filarial lymphedema of different clinical stages referred for lymphoscintigraphy of the limb...

OBJECTIVE To review our local experience in the use of lymphoscintigraphy to evaluate lymphedema of the lower extremities. DESIGN Retrospective case series. SETTING A local regional hospital in Hong Kong. PATIENTS Images and records of all patients presenting to our hospital with suspected lower limb lymphedema from 1998 to 2011 for whom lymphoscintigraphy was performed were reviewed. M...

more frequently further radiological techniques are used to determine the extent and site of any spread. The most often used additional investigations are the plain chest film, followed by the isotope bone scan. These methods detect much of the metastatic disease as the chest and bones are major sites of metastases. Problems do arise however, in detecting local spread involving the chest wall a...