title: Osteopoikilosis: a major diagnostic problem solved by bone scintigraphy.
abstract: Osteopoikilosis (OPK) is a rare disease with an unknown etiology. Although a benign condition, it may lead to diagnostic problems when the patient undergoes diagnostic imaging of the skeletal system due to various reasons like malignancy. Herein, we report 2 cases with OPK causing difficulties in the final diagnosis of the cases which was resolved with the contribution of bone scintigraphy and clinical follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. muratt@hacettepe.edu.tr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tuncel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Caner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D001416:Back Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D010023:Osteopoikilosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D051598:Whole Body Imaging