title: Tc-99m MDP uptake in osteopoikilosis.
abstract: A Tc-99m bone scan of a patient with classic roentgenographic findings of osteopoikilosis revealed multiple foci of increased activity that corresponded to many of the sclerotic foci on the roentgenograms. The authors presume that the abnormal bone scan in this patient reflects active osseous remodeling, similar to what has been observed in bone islands. Previous reports have emphasized the critical role of the radionuclide bone scan for distinguishing osteopoikilosis from osteoblastic bone metastases in patients with a known or suspected primary malignancy. In a young patient, an abnormal bone scan does not exclude the diagnosis of osteopoikilosis if the roentgenographic findings are characteristic of that entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Mungovan
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Tung
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Lambiase
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Noto
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016723:Bone Remodeling; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010023:Osteopoikilosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
chemical_list: D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate