title: Positive bone scan in a bone island. A histologically verified case in os capitatum.
abstract: A bone island of os capitatum in a 14-year-old boy showed a positive bone scan. The diagnosis was compared with an open biopsy. We conclude that a bone scan cannot definitively differentiate bone islands from more aggressive osseous lesions.
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Service, Kamo Hospital, Toyota City, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Otani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaji
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging