title: Role of thallium-201 in the diagnosis of solitary bone lesions.
abstract: Thallium-201 is known to accumulate in malignant tumours. In this work we are evaluating the role of thallium in differentiating benign from malignant solitary bone lesions in 28 patients with solitary bone lesions on 99Tcm-MDP bone scans. Lesions' uptake of 201Tl was evaluated using visual assessment and lesion to background ratio. We found significant uptake with a mean lesion to background ratio of 4.27 in malignant lesions and no or faint uptake with a mean lesion to background ratio of 1.37 in benign lesions.
authors: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University.
authors: A H
authors: AH
authors: Elgazzar
authors: A A
authors: AA
authors: Malki
authors: H M
authors: HM
authors: Abdel-Dayem
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Mahmoud
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Sahweil
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Razzak
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Jahan
authors: M
authors: M
authors: el-Sayed
authors: Y T
authors: YT
authors: Omar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes
chemical_list: D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes