Increased uptake in a vertebral bone island seen only on SPECT.
Skeletal scintigraphy may be performed to evaluate a suspected bone island. In general, a bone island does not demonstrate increased uptake on bone scan. A case of increased uptake in a lumbar vertebral body bone island seen on SPECT, but not conventional planar imaging, is presented.
Nuclear Medicine Service, James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA. dwight.achong@med.va.gov
Dwight M
DM
Achong
D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods*
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate