Use of various diagnostic methods in a patient with Gaucher disease type I.
A series of plain radiographs, bone scans, bone marrow scans, and MRIs is reported in a patient with Gaucher disease type I, in whom two episodes of acute bone crisis developed during a 6-year period of follow-up. Acute bone crisis and global indolent bone marrow displacement could both be assessed by bone marrow scintigraphy, whereas MRI could better clarify the corti-comedullary alteration after bone infarction. Thus, MRI and bone marrow scintigraphy could be used as complementary imaging methods in the management of patients with Gaucher disease.
Farahati
J
J
Clinic for Nuclear Medicine, University of Essen, Germany.
Trenn
G
G
John-Mikolajewski
V
V
Zander
C
C
Pastores
G M
GM
Sciuk
J
J
Reiners
C
C
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005776:Gaucher Disease / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate