title: The usefulness of SPECT/CT in characterization of skeletal and soft tissue lesions--report of two cases.
abstract: SPECT/CT imaging provides detailed information on the radiotracer distribution and enables simultaneous lesion morphology evaluation. This hybrid imaging delivers complementary information about patient's disease. We present two cases in which SPECT/CT imaging and cooperation between the nuclear medicine physician and radiologist quickly clarified the diagnosis, sparing patient unnecessary diagnostic procedures or treatment.
authors.affiliation: Chair and Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Lublin, Poland. marcin.pachowicz.md@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pachowicz
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Staśkiewicz
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Florek
authors.forename: Beata E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Chrapko
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed