Items tagged “bone scan”

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Contiguous bone activity

Contiguous bone activity is a bone scan phenomenon seen in tumors which incite a regional hyperemia. Increased activity on blood pool images is seen extending across joints and to adjacent bones. This should not be mistaken for direct tumor involvement.  An example of a tumor which may demonstr...
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Calcaneal stress fracture

  Diagnosis certain
The Radswiki
Published 20 Oct 2010
65% complete
Nuclear medicine MRI
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Skeletal metastases

  Diagnosis almost certain
Carlos Eduardo Anselmi
Published 07 Nov 2010
72% complete
Nuclear medicine
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Active sacroiliitis

  Diagnosis certain
Roberto Schubert
Published 10 May 2012
68% complete
X-ray Nuclear medicine
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Technetium 99m-methyl diphosphonate

Technetium 99m-methyl diphosphonate (99mTc MDP) is a radiotracer used in nuclear medicine especially for bone scintigraphy. Any disease process which results in extracellular fluid expansion will lead to accumulation of this tracer. Radionuclide profile photon energy: 140 keV physical half-li...
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Osteoblastic metastases from prostate cancer

  Diagnosis almost certain
Matt Skalski
Published 26 Oct 2014
75% complete
Nuclear medicine X-ray
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H sign of sacral insufficiency fracture

  Diagnosis certain
Henry Knipe
Published 03 Mar 2016
92% complete
Nuclear medicine CT
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Superscan - prostate cancer skeletal metastases

  Diagnosis almost certain
Damián Rodríguez
Published 26 Jun 2017
72% complete
Nuclear medicine
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Tram-track sign (bone)

The tram-track sign is sometimes seen on delayed bone scan images. They can appear as symmetric linear increase in tracer accumulation along diaphyseal and metaphyseal surfaces of long bones. Corresponding to similar periosteal reaction seen on radiographs. Bone scan findings precede radiographi...
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Golden arches sign (knees)

The Golden arches sign is a nuclear medicine sign often seen on bone scan in patients with total knee prosthesis. The femoral condylar prosthesis results in two central photopenic regions with two 'hot' arches formed around the periprosthetic region. This finding is non-specific and may sugges...
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Metastatic prostate cancer - superscan

  Diagnosis certain
Ammar Ashraf
Published 30 Jan 2021
94% complete
Nuclear medicine X-ray
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Right femoral stress fracture

  Diagnosis certain
Justin G Peacock
Published 27 Dec 2021
100% complete
X-ray MRI Nuclear medicine
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Anterior superior iliac spine avulsion injury

  Diagnosis certain
Kevin Banks
Published 01 Sep 2022
93% complete
X-ray Nuclear medicine
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Distal radial fracture - occult

  Diagnosis almost certain
Kevin Banks
Published 01 Sep 2022
77% complete
Nuclear medicine X-ray
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Complex regional pain syndrome (bone scan)

  Diagnosis almost certain
Kevin Banks
Published 20 May 2023
82% complete
Nuclear medicine X-ray
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Scapular stress fracture

  Diagnosis probable
David Llopis
Published 02 Mar 2023
68% complete
MRI X-ray Nuclear medicine
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Femoral neck stress fracture (bone scan)

  Diagnosis certain
Kevin Banks
Published 24 May 2023
95% complete
X-ray MRI Nuclear medicine
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Paget's disease (bone scintigraphy)

  Diagnosis almost certain
Kevin Banks
Published 09 Jun 2023
74% complete
Nuclear medicine X-ray MRI
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Navicular stress fracture (bone scan)

  Diagnosis certain
Kevin Banks
Published 06 Jul 2023
98% complete
Nuclear medicine MRI
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Sinusitis (bone scan)

  Diagnosis almost certain
Kevin Banks
Published 28 Jul 2023
80% complete
CT Nuclear medicine

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