title: Ivory vertebra on 18F-sodium fluoride scan: an old sign in a new modality.
abstract: We report a case of ivory vertebra on 18F-sodium fluoride. A prostate cancer patient had a 18F-sodium fluoride PET scan to evaluate overall spread of disease. In addition to other findings of metastatic disease, the patient had an ivory vertebra.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
authors.forename: Jorge Daniel
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Oldan
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuzminski
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: James
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012969:Sodium Fluoride
chemical_list: D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012969:Sodium Fluoride