Radionuclide bone image in growing and stable bone island.
A normal radionuclide bone image can facilitate distinction between a bone island and significant pathologic processes, especially an osteoblastic metastasis. This distinction becomes more crucial when growth is detected in an isolated sclerotic bone lesion or if a relatively large sclerotic lesion is detected de novo in patients with a known neoplasm. This report presents three patients with isolated bone islands: two with interval growth, the other with a relatively large stable lesion; all showing a normal radionuclide bone image.
D000077:Acetabulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010026:Osteosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012272:Ribs / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging