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.
Achong
Dwight M
DM
Nuclear Medicine Service, James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA. dwight.achong@med.va.gov
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