title: [Clinical importance of emission-computed tomography of the skull in bone scintigraphy].
abstract: Sixty-five ECT examinations were carried out in patients with abnormalities of the skull base and paranasal sinuses and the results were compared with ordinary scintigraphy and CT. ECT provides additional information as compared with scintigraphy by its images in three planes, which are free of superimposition. This is of value in the localisation of the lesion and for determining its extent and activity. It is a functional tomographic method which is complementary to the morphological information provided by CT. The indications and value of the method in inflammatory, metastatic and neoplastic diseases are discussed.
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
vernacular_title: Klinische Bedeutung der Schädel-Emissionscomputertomographie in der Knochenszintigraphie.