title: Evaluation of plantar fasciitis by three-phase bone scintigraphy.
abstract: Fifteen patients complaining of chronic heel pain underwent three-phase Tc-99m MDP bone scintigraphy. Ten patients demonstrated abnormal scan findings consistent with plantar fasciitis (PF) and had responded to conventional therapy. Two patients were found to have calcaneal stress fractures, and one patient demonstrated a calcaneal spur that required no treatment. The remaining two patients had normal scans and did not appear clinically to have PF. The three-phase bone scan is therefore very useful in diagnosing PF and in distinguishing it from other etiologies of the painful heel syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Intenzo
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Wapner
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006365:Heel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
chemical_list: D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate