The use of SPECT in the diagnosis of epiphyseal osteoid osteoma.
An osteoid osteoma, which rarely occurs in an intraepiphyseal site, was identified by SPECT imaging in the proximal tibial epiphysis of a boy who had lower back pain, which had not been explained prior investigations.
Murray
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
Rossleigh
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Van der Wall
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D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013977:Tibia; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon