Radionuclide evaluation of spontaneous femoral osteonecrosis
Journal Article
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· Radiology; (United States)
- St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Spontaneous osteonecrosis of the femoral condyle in 40 knees was followed by sequential radiographs and three-phase bone scans using /sup 99//sup m/Tc-methylene diphosphonate. The characteristic bone scan appearance of focal increased uptake by the medial femoral condyle in blood flow, blood pool, and delayed images helped to make the specific diagnosis in 11 knees that had no characteristic radiographic findings at the time of presentation. The three phases of the bone scan demonstrated a pattern that was useful in determining the activity of the process. There was a gradual loss of hyperemia as healing progressed. Late bone scans were normal or showed nonspecific findings. Radionuclide bone scans were able to confirm or exclude this disease and were superior to radiographs in demonstrating the disease in the acute phase.
- OSTI ID:
- 6780785
- Journal Information:
- Radiology; (United States), Journal Name: Radiology; (United States) Vol. 142:3; ISSN RADLA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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COUNTING TECHNIQUES
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ISOMERIC NUCLEI
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ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
PATIENTS
PHOSPHINIC ACID ESTERS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOLOGY
SCINTISCANNING
SKELETON
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
550602 -- Medicine-- External Radiation in Diagnostics-- (1980-)
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
BLOOD FLOW
BODY
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
ESTERS
FEMUR
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MEDICINE
NECROSIS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
PATIENTS
PHOSPHINIC ACID ESTERS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOLOGY
SCINTISCANNING
SKELETON
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES