technetium-tc-99m-medronate and Fibromyalgia

Sixteen patients with primary fibromyalgia syndrome were assessed blindly by multiphase skeletal scintigraphy to detect possible subclinical synovitis and uptake abnormalities at tender point sites. Results were normal in 14 of the 16 patients. Mild and localized abnormalities were found in 2 patients and were possibly due to the trauma of overuse. Our multiphase skeletal scintigraphy study showed that synovitis, other evidence of arthritis, or abnormalities at tender point sites were not increased above normal expectation among our sample of patients studied with fibromyalgia.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Bone Diseases; Child; Connective Tissue Diseases; Female; Fibromyalgia; Humans; Male; Radionuclide Imaging; Single-Blind Method; Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; Synovitis; Technetium Tc 99m Medronate