Author/Editor | Weiner, Guido M; Jenicke, Lars; Mueller, Vika; Bohuslavizki, Karl H | |
Title | Artifacts and non-osseous uptake in bone scintigraphy. Imaging reports of 20 cases | |
Translated title | Artefakti in kopičenje radiofarmaka izven kosti pri scintigrafiji okostja. Slikovni prikaz 20 primerov | |
Type | članek | |
Source | Radiol Oncol | |
Vol. and No. | Letnik 35, št. 3 | |
Publication year | 2001 | |
Volume | str. 185-91 | |
Language | eng | |
Abstract | Background. Numerous possible artifacts may render the evaluation of bone scans difficult. Case reports. This article provides a pictorial survey of both typical and extraordinary pitfalls in bone scintigraphy, which are caused by increased or reduced tracer accumulation of soft tissue or bone. Conclusions. One should be aware, that in individual patients, "artifacts" in bone scintigraphy lead to formerly unknown diagnoses, and the diagnostic and therapeutic procedure may be influenced decisively. | |
Summary | Izhodišča. Številni možni artefakti lahko znatno otežijo oceno scintigrafije okostja. Prikazi primerov. V članku smo naredili slikovni pregled običajnih in nenavadnih primerov, ki lahko zavedejo ocenjevalce scintigramov okostja. Zmotne interpretacije nastanejo ob povečanem ali zmanjšanem kopičenju radiofarmaka v mehkih tkivih ali v kosteh. Zakijučlti. Posebno pozorni moramo biti na stanja, kjer bi morebitni artefakti privedli do nove (napačne) diagnoze in vplivali na nadaljnje (napačno) obravnavanje bolnika. | |
Descriptors | BONE DISEASES BONE NEOPLASMS TECHNETIUM |