[Bone scintigraphy in the diagnosis and follow up care of malignant head and neck neoplasms].
In diagnosis and localisation of malignant tumors with destruction of the bone, scintigraphy has its special importance in diagnosis as an addition to X-ray tomography. When carcinoma are localized in the middle or dorsal part of the base of the skull scintigraphy may help to calculate the chance for an operation. The exact knowledge of the dimension of the tumor is a valuable help in radiotherapy. In primary diagnosis of destructions of the base of the skull scintigraphy might give an earlier information than X-ray. Malignant tumors of the ear however are sufficiently detected by means of X-rays alone. The main field of scintigraphy is the observation of irradiated and operated malignoma. We recommend 6 or 12 months controls in combination with a clinical observation and with tomographic controls. Scintigraphy became a most valuable tool in the search and diagnosis of metastases in primary malignoma of the mammae, the lungs or the kidneys. In case of metastases in the skull scintigraphy is most helpful to detect them often earlier than by means of X-rays.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray
Die Skelettszintigraphie in der Diagnostik und Nachsorge von malignen Geschwülsten im Kopf-Hals-Bereich.