Co-existent Paget’s Disease of the Bone, Prostate Carcinoma Skeletal Metastases and Fracture on Skeletal Scintigraphy-Lessons to be Learned | Zendy

Luke Sonoda | Zendy; Kottekkattu Balan | Zendy

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Co-existent Paget’s Disease of the Bone, Prostate Carcinoma Skeletal Metastases and Fracture on Skeletal Scintigraphy-Lessons to be Learned

Author(s) -

Luke Sonoda,

Kottekkattu Balan

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

molecular imaging and radionuclide therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292

H-Index - 7

eISSN - 2147-1959

pISSN - 2146-1414

DOI - 10.4274/mirt.135

Subject(s) - medicine , bone scintigraphy , scintigraphy , radiological weapon , prostate carcinoma , disease , radiology , bone disease , prostate , carcinoma , pathology , cancer , osteoporosis

Bone scintigraphy, despite being non-specific, is a very sensitive and simple investigation for patients with active Paget's disease of the bone. Skeletal metastases and Paget's disease may co-exist in the elderly patients as both conditions are commonly seen in this age group. Clinical and radiological correlation may help to improve the diagnostic specificity of a bone scintigram. We report a patient in whom concurrent Paget's disease and a rib fracture became evident only on repeat scintigraphy following successful treatment of prostate carcinoma skeletal metastases.

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