title: The value of bone scintigraphy in the follow-up of vertebral osteoporosis.
abstract: In an open study, we have assessed the bone/soft tissue uptake index in recent osteoporotic vertebral collapse using scintigraphy. The evolution of these cases was followed-up at 6 months in 22 patients treated with 100 IU of salmon calcitonin plus 500 mg of elemental calcium/10 days per month and in 18 patients treated with 500 mg of elemental calcium only on a daily basis. There were no index differences between groups prior to treatment. At six months, the group treated with calcitonin plus calcium showed a significant decrease from 10.2 +/- 6.4 to 3.2 +/- 1.1 (p less than 0.001), while the calcium only group did not show any significant changes (12.1 +/- 6.6 vs 9.2 +/- 4.6), considering that there were significant differences between groups (p less than 0.001). On a mid-term basis, these results have shown the values of the bone/soft tissue index in the follow-up of osteoporotic vertebral collapse.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Alcala de Henares University, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rico
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Merono
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Del Olmo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Revilla
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002118:Calcium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D002116:Calcitonin; D002118:Calcium