Bone scintigraphy in Maffucci syndrome.
Maffucci syndrome is a congenital, non-hereditary mesodermal dysplasia associated with multiple enchondromas and hemangiomas. The high risk of development of malignant tumors is well-known. A case of Maffucci syndrome in a 68-year-old man who suffered from multiple malignant degeneration and who was given a bone scintigraphic examination is reported with radiological and pathological findings. The scintigraphic findings are different for two histological different chondrosarcomatous lesions. It seems that uptake of Tc-99m MDP increases with the degree of calcification rather than whether the lesion is benign or malignant.
D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004687:Enchondromatosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010009:Osteochondrodysplasias / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate