Detection of degenerative disease of the temporomandibular joint by bone scintigraphy: concise communication

Conference · Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980 · J. Nucl. Med.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7031752

Goldstein, H A; Bloom, C Y

Nine patients with facial pain were evaluated with limited bone scans. The scintigrams correlated with microscopy in all patients, although radiographs correlated with microscopy in only five patients. The degenerative disease process in the temporomandibular joint was more extensive in the patients with radiographic and scintigraphic abnormalities than in those with scintigraphic abnormalities alone. The limited bone scan appears useful in detecting early degenerative changes in the temporomandibular joint.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
• OSTI ID: 7031752
• Journal Information: J. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Vol. 21:10; Conference: 28. annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 16 Jun 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
JAW
SCINTISCANNING
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
SKELETAL DISEASES
DIAGNOSIS
TECHNETIUM 99
TOMOGRAPHY
X-RAY RADIOGRAPHY
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
ISOMERIC NUCLEI
PHOSPHONATES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MEDICINE
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOLOGY
SKELETON
SKULL
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
550601* - Medicine- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics
550602 - Medicine- External Radiation in Diagnostics- (1980-)