title: Scintigraphic detection of osteoid osteoma.
abstract: Bone scanning with 99mTc-diphosphonate disclosed a solitary focus of intense activity in a cervical vertebra of a 17-year-old youth with persistent unexplained neck pain. Surgery subsequently demonstrated a well-circumscribed osteoid osteoma. This experience is further evidence of the efficacy of radionuclide skeletal scintigraphy in the evaluation of benign bone disease.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013667:Technetium
chemical_list: D013667:Technetium