title: Osteitis pubis, Tc-99m MDP, and professional hockey players.
abstract: Three cases of osteitis pubis detected by bone scanning with Tc-99m MDP in professional ice hockey players are presented. This entity is related to mechanical stress and aggravated by forceful contraction of the adductor and rectus abdominis muscles. The signs, symptoms, and laboratory data are relatively nonspecific, as are radiographic findings in the early stage (pubic symphysitis). The use of bone scanning in the appropriate clinical setting aids in diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Maine Medical Center, Portland 04102.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Briggs
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Kolbjornsen
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Southall
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000502:physiology; D000328:Adult; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006688:Hockey / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D010000:Osteitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011631:Pubic Symphysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
chemical_list: D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate