Scintigraphic evaluation of primary bone tumors: comparisons of technetium-99m phosphonate and gallium citrate imaging

Journal Article · Tue Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980 · J. Bone Jt. Surg., Am. Vol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5655376

Simon, M A; Kirchner, P T

A prospective investigation of two different radionuclide imaging techniques for the skeleton--technetium-99m phosphonate and gallium-67 citrate--was carried out prior to biopsy in fifty-five patients with primary bone tumors of the extremities and limb girdles. The study showed that the technetium-99m phosphonate scans were not useful in separating benign from malignant lesions or in defining reliably the local extent of malignant tumors. Gallium scans were more accurate in delineating the local extent of malignant tumors and may provide better indentification of benign tumors.

• Research Organization: Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
• OSTI ID: 5655376
• Journal Information: J. Bone Jt. Surg., Am. Vol.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Bone Jt. Surg., Am. Vol.; (United States) Vol. 62:5; ISSN JBJSA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
BODY AREAS
CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS
CITRATES
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
GALLIUM 67
GALLIUM ISOTOPES
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIMBS
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PHOSPHONATES
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
SCINTISCANNING
SKELETON
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES