title: Multiphase skeletal scintigraphy in primary fibromyalgia syndrome: a blinded study.
abstract: Sixteen patients with primary fibromyalgia syndrome were assessed blindly by multiphase skeletal scintigraphy to detect possible subclinical synovitis and uptake abnormalities at tender point sites. Results were normal in 14 of the 16 patients. Mild and localized abnormalities were found in 2 patients and were possibly due to the trauma of overuse. Our multiphase skeletal scintigraphy study showed that synovitis, other evidence of arthritis, or abnormalities at tender point sites were not increased above normal expectation among our sample of patients studied with fibromyalgia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria 61656.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Yunus
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Masi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D013585:Synovitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
chemical_list: D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate