Malignant external otitis: The diagnostic value of bone scintigraphy

Journal Article · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981 · Laryngoscope; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1288/00005537-198106000-00014· OSTI ID:5427732

Ostfeld, E; Aviel, A; Pelet, D

Technetium99m Methylene Diphosphate bone scintigraphy (BS) of the skull was performed in three patients with malignant external otitis (MEO). Pathological uptake of the radioisotope in the mastoid region was found during the early stages of MEO updating radiologic findings. The extent of the radioisotope accumulation during the early stages of MEO indicates that the actual tissue damage exceeds the clinical estimation. The follow-up BS findings correlate well with the clinical course of MEO indicating either healing or extension to the base of skull.

• OSTI ID: 5427732
• Journal Information: Laryngoscope; (United States), Journal Name: Laryngoscope; (United States) Vol. 91:6; ISSN LARYA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL LOCALIZATION
BODY
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
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INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
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ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
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NEOPLASMS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PATHOLOGY
PATIENTS
PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
SCINTISCANNING
SKELETON
SKULL
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TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
UPTAKE
USES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES