Bone scanning of the foot for unexplained pain.
This paper reports the results of bone scans on 78 painful feet. Scanning helped in the diagnosis of persistent foot pain following injury and it enabled stress fractures, fractures of the sesamoids and subtalar arthritis to be diagnosed earlier. It reliably excluded bone infection and was useful as a screening test when radiographs were normal.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000842:Ankle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016512:Ankle Injuries; D005260:Female; D005413:Flatfoot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010146:Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012716:Sesamoid Bones / Q000293:injuries