Value of the bone scintigraphy in multiple osteochrondromatosis with sarcomatous degeneration.
Multiple osteochondromatosis can become malignant in 20% of the cases, this being more common when the lesion is multiple than when it is solitary. A male patient with multiple osteochondromatosis who had several local recurrences of secondary chondrosarcoma and who is still under follow-up by the Nuclear Medicine Department is presented. The bone scintigraphy findings were compared with the histopathologic results, and the importance of the patient's symptoms was verified when a sarcomatous transformation is suspected. The bone scintigraphy has the potential to detect malignization of the benign bone lesions. It also makes it possible to obtain whole-body images in a single examination, this being very useful to detect the presence of new bone lesions.
Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, San Cristóbal de la Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. tati.morales83@gmail.com
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Sánchez-Rodríguez
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Medina-Romero
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Gómez Rodríguez-Bethencourt
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González Díaz
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González Soto
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Alarcó Hernández
D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002081:Buttocks / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005097:Exostoses, Multiple Hereditary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D013977:Tibia / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D051598:Whole Body Imaging