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USE OF ISOTOPES FOR DEMONSTRATION OF LESIONS IN JOINTS AND BONES AS AN AID IN DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
Author(s) -
STRASSER NOEL F.,
THRIFT CHESTER B.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1968.tb02093.x
Subject(s) - medicine , differential diagnosis , osteoarthritis , rheumatoid arthritis , gout , nuclear medicine , radiology , pathology , alternative medicine
A bstract : Scintillation scans of the joints were obtained after intravenous injection of radioiodine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, scleroderma, gout and osteoarthritis. Distinct radioactivity (correlated with the severity of the disorder) was observed in the first four diseases, but not in osteoarthritis. In a 72‐year‐old man with prostatic carcinoma and back pain, x‐ray examination of the lumbar region failed to reveal metastases, whereas they were indicated by strontium 85 scanning of that area and confirmed at autopsy. Thus scintillation scanning after the injection of a suitable isotope can be of value in differential diagnosis and in estimating the severity of disease. However, the scan must always be interpreted in the light of the clinical situation.