title: Added Value of SPECT/CT in the Evaluation of Benign Bone Diseases of the Appendicular Skeleton.
abstract: Bone scintigraphy is a sensitive technique to detect altered bone mineralization but has limited specificity. The use of SPECT/CT has improved significantly the diagnostic accuracy of bone scintigraphy, in patients with cancer as well as in evaluation of benign bone disease. It provides precise localization and characterization of tracer-avid foci, shortens the diagnostic workup, and decreases patient anxiety. Through both the SPECT and the CT components, SPECT/CT has an incremental value in characterizing benign bone lesions, specifically in the appendicular skeleton, as illustrated by present case series.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa; and †Department of Radiology, MRI unit, Ziv Medical Center; ‡Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar Ilan University, Zefat; §Department of Radiology, Rambam Health Care Campus; and ∥B. and R. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Gad
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Abikhzer
authors.forename: Saher
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Srour
authors.forename: Zohar
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Keidar
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bar-Shalom
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kagna
authors.forename: Ora
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Israel
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Militianu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals