Metastatic Osseous Disease Masquerading as Infection, Diagnosed on Bone Scintigraphy and SPECT/CT

Metastatic Osseous Disease Masquerading as Infection, Diagnosed on Bone Scintigraphy and SPECT/CT

We present a 72-y-old woman with an osseous metastasis to the spine that had an atypical appearance on both nuclear medicine and radiologic modalities and was misdiagnosed as an abscess. We discuss the pitfalls of bone scintigraphy and the causes of photopenic metastatic lesions.

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of nuclear medicine technology 2020-06, Vol.48 (2), p.179-180
Hauptverfasser: Keown, Gracie A, Jayaraman, Sunderarajan, Davidson, Jennifer
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Aged
Bone Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Bone Neoplasms - pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Infections - diagnostic imaging
Neoplasm Metastasis
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography
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Zusammenfassung:We present a 72-y-old woman with an osseous metastasis to the spine that had an atypical appearance on both nuclear medicine and radiologic modalities and was misdiagnosed as an abscess. We discuss the pitfalls of bone scintigraphy and the causes of photopenic metastatic lesions.
ISSN:0091-4916
1535-5675
DOI:10.2967/jnmt.119.232850