[Clinical significance of the increased uptake of a solitary rib lesion in the bone scintigraphy. Based on an osteoblastoma].
A case of a bone tumor located in the right sixth rib detected by means of the bone scan as a solitary lesion is presented. Although the chest X-ray and CT were normal, a low signal intensity on T1 images and high-intensity on T2 images were seen in the MRI. The post-surgical histological diagnosis was osteoblastoma. A review of the clinical significance of solitary rib lesions which appear with increased uptake on bone scan was performed. When a differential diagnosis is made of a solitary rib lesion that appears on a bone scan, osteoblastoma should be considered.
Banzo
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Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, H.U. Marqués de Valdecilla. Santander.
Guede
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Pena
F J
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Allende
R H
RH
Quirce
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Carril
J M
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D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D018215:Osteoblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012272:Ribs / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013991:Tietze's Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis