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FDG-PET and MDP scan findings in chronic osteomyelitis of the left femur  

Park, Chan-H. (Department of Nuclear Medicine School of Medicine, Ajou University)
Lee, Myoung-Hoon (Department of Nuclear Medicine School of Medicine, Ajou University)
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The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine / v.36, no.2, 2002 , pp. 143-145 More about this Journal
Abstract
A 49-year-old male patient with a carcinoma of the right pyriform sinus had a whole-body bone scan and gamma camera based F-18 FDG-PET for staging. Tc-99m MDP bone scan depicted diffuse increased uptake in the left femur due to chronic osteomyelitis but no skeletal metastasis. F-18-FDG-PET revealed increased focal bone uptake and uptake in the draining sinus due to chronic osteomyelitis in addition to visualization of the right pyriform sinus carcinoma and right neck nodal uptake. Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography is significantly more accurate than the bone scan in pinpointing chronic osteomyelitis focus and draining soft tissue infection.
Keywords
PET; chronic osteomyelitis; WDP; bone; femur; FDG;
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