sodium-pertechnetate-tc-99m and Osteolysis

Osteolytic lesions seen on plain radiographs can be caused by various disorders of the bones such as simple bone cyst, aneurysmal bone cyst, plasmacytoma, giant cell tumor, eosinophilic granuloma and tuberculosis. We studied prospectively Tc-99m-methylene diphosphonate bone scan findings in osteolytic lesions seen radiologically and followed them to histopathology. Interestingly, the scans in these patients helped to show if the lesions were monoostotic or polyostotic and, in some cases, ruled out malignant or infective etiology.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Bone and Bones; Bone Neoplasms; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Humans; Hyperparathyroidism; Male; Middle Aged; Osteitis Deformans; Osteolysis; Radiography; Radionuclide Imaging; Radiopharmaceuticals; Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular