title: Temporal bone scintigraphy. I. Diagnostic potential in malignancies of the ear.
abstract: The potential value of bone scintigraphy in making the diagnosis and evaluating the prognosis of cancer of the ear, is emphasized and illustrated by results from 6 patients harbouring highly differentiated cancers of the ear. 99Tcm-diphosphonate and special gamma camera projections were used.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004424:Ear Canal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*