The role of whole-body bone scintigraphy in a case of osteopetrosis

The role of whole-body bone scintigraphy in a case of osteopetrosis

Male patient, 35 years old, with occasional mild intensity back pain. Lumbosacral spine radiography showed bone structure with increased density, diffusely and symmetrically, conferring to the vertebral bodies “bone-within-bone” aspect, suggesting osteopetrosis (OP). Whole-body bone scintigraphy sho...

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Main Authors: Carlyle Marques Barral, Gabriel Soares de Andrade, Maria José Martins Ferreira, Marian Beatrice dos Santos Lourenço, Sandra Monetti Dumont Sanches, Shirleide Santos Nunes, Stephanie Saliba de Freitas, Viviane Santuari Parisotto Marino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2014-12-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Subjects:
Osteopetrosis
Radionuclide Imaging
Technetium-99 m medronate
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378603X14001211

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