Radionuclide Bone Scintigraphy in Sports Injuries

Wall, Hans Van der; Lee, Allen; Magee, Michael; Frater, Clayton; Wijesinghe, Harindu; Kannangara, Siri

doi:10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2009.08.006

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“…Blood pool images can be helpful to demonstrate soft tissue injury and tendonitis [ 24 ]. Examples of soft tissue causes of ankle pain that are associated with radiotracer uptake include, among others, retrocalcaneal bursitis, apophysitis of the calcaneum, and calcaneal stress fracture [ 24 ].…”

Section: Osseous Stress Deformity and Fractures Of The Upper And Lomentioning

confidence: 99%

Sports Injuries

Zukotynski¹

2014

Pediatric Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

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Section: Osseous Stress Deformity and Fractures Of The Upper And Lomentioning

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Sports Injuries

Zukotynski¹

2014

Pediatric Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

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“…This advantage is also useful in non-oncological diseases (for recent reviews, see [30][31][32][33][34]). …”

Section: Differential Diagnosis Of Pain Associated With the Musculoskmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, it identified alternative causes of pain in the subgroup of nine patients in whom the therapy in question had not been performed. It can be surmised, on the basis of anecdotal evidence, that SPECT/CT might also be helpful in acute spinal traumas and, in particular, in diagnosing stress fractures in bilateral pedicles of the spine, as can occur in athletes [30].…”

Section: Differential Diagnosis Of Pain Associated With the Musculoskmentioning

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Skeletal SPECT/CT: a review

Kuwert

2014

Clin Transl Imaging

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Skeletal scintigraphy is one of the most frequent in vivo procedures in the field of nuclear medicine. Visualizing bone metabolism, it exhibits a fairly high sensitivity to detect skeletal lesions, but has limitations in terms of specificity and spatial resolution, even when single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is used. Combining SPECT with X-ray computed tomography helps overcome these limitations. This has, in particular, been shown when diagnosing bone involvement in malignant tumors. Emerging evidence indicates the benefit of hybrid imaging for bone scintigraphy during the workup of painful conditions affecting the back and the extremities. Methodological advances holding considerable promise for further improving its value are the quantitation of skeletal tracer uptake in absolute units, as well as multimodal image reconstruction techniques that have recently become available for use in clinical routine.

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“…BS has a good sensitivity and ability to demonstrate bone abnormalities early before morphological changes are evident. 1 However, BS has limited specificity. Moreover, planar imaging limits localization of the lesion especially of overlapping structures that are in close proximity.…”

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Value of SPECT/CT in the Evaluation of Knee Pain

Hassan²,

Vijayanathan³

et al. 2013

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

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Bone scintigraphy (BS) has a good sensitivity but limited specificity. Moreover, planar imaging limits localization of lesion especially of overlapping structures in close proximity. SPECT allows tomographic imaging, resulting in better localization and characterization of the lesion. Addition of CT to SPECT in hybrid SPECT/CT further improves the precision of localization and accuracy of characterization of the lesion. Combining functional and anatomical imaging is complementary with improved sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic confidence. These advantages of SPECT/CT are illustrated by 3 cases where diagnostic confidence was higher with SPECT/CT compared to BS or CT alone, highlighting the incremental value of SPECT/CT in assessing knee pain.

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Radionuclide Bone Scintigraphy in Sports Injuries

Cited by 40 publications

References 63 publications

Sports Injuries

Sports Injuries

Skeletal SPECT/CT: a review

Value of SPECT/CT in the Evaluation of Knee Pain

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