Radionuclide evaluation of nonmalignant bone disorders

Journal Article · Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1983 · Am. Fam. Physician; (United States)

OSTI ID:5898771

Winzelberg, G G

Recent advances in nuclear imaging have improved the noninvasive evaluation of patients with nonmalignant bone disorders. When bone scanning agents are combined with bone marrow scanning agents and gallium-67 scintigraphy, a more accurate diagnosis can be obtained. By selecting the appropriate imaging sequence, it is often possible to distinguish cellulitis from underlying osteomyelitis. In patients with total hip replacements, it may be possible to separate postsurgical changes from prosthetic loosening or infection. Stress fractures in joggers may be detected by radionuclide bone scintigraphy before radiographs become abnormal. These nuclear imaging procedures can be done in most hospitals.

• Research Organization: Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• OSTI ID: 5898771
• Journal Information: Am. Fam. Physician; (United States), Vol. 27:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
BONE MARROW
SCINTISCANNING
SKELETAL DISEASES
DIAGNOSIS
SKELETON
BONE FRACTURES
GALLIUM 67
ANIMAL TISSUES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
GALLIUM ISOTOPES
HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM
INJURIES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
TISSUES
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