RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Nonosseous Abnormalities on Bone Scans*
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 149
OP 153
VO 31
IS 3
A1 Issa Loutfi
A1 B. David Collier
A1 Ahmed M. Mohammed
YR 2003
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/31/3/149.abstract
AB Although bone scanning is a test primarily concerned with skeletal abnormalities, important nonosseous findings are occasionally present on the images. To gauge the significance of such nonosseous uptake and, in particular, to determine whether these findings contain useful diagnostic information, the technical and medical staff in nuclear medicine must recognize the various patterns of nonbony uptake and understand their causes. The objectives of this article are to demonstrate the appearances of nonosseous uptake on bone scans, to categorize the forms of soft-tissue uptake, to emphasize technical artifacts leading to soft-tissue uptake, and to highlight the clinical significance of pathologic soft-tissue uptake.