Miscellaneous Indications in Bone Scintigraphy: Metabolic Bone Diseases and Malignant Bone Tumors
Gary J.R. Cook, Gopinath Gnanasegaran, Sue Chua
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2010 Jan 1
Semin Nucl Med
Miscellaneous Indications in Bone Scintigraphy: Metabolic Bone Diseases and Malignant Bone Tumors
Semin Nucl Med. 2010 Jan;40(1):52-61, Gary J.R. Cook, Gopinath Gnanasegaran, Sue Chua
Abstract
Abstract
The diphosphonate bone scan is ideally suited to assess many global, focal or multifocal metabolic bone disorders and there remains a role for conventional bone scintigraphy in metabolic bone disorders at diagnosis, investigation of complications, and treatment response assessment. In contrast, the role of bone scintigraphy in the evaluation of primary malignant bone tumors has reduced with the improvement of morphologic imaging, such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. However,...
