Open AccessUtility of 99m Tc-MDP SPECT-CT for the diagnosis of sesamoiditis as cause of metatarsalgia
Author(s) -
Punit Sharma,
Harmandeep Singh,
Krishan Kant Agarwal,
Kc Suman Sudhir,
Bangkim Chandra Khangembam,
Chandrasekhar Bal,
Arun Malhotra,
Rakesh Kumar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.108865
Subject(s) - medicine , metatarsalgia , nuclear medicine , surgery , complication , forefoot
Metatarsalgia is a general term for pain in the area of the metatarsophalangeal joints. Sesamoiditis is an uncommon cause of metatarsalgia. It is pain at the sesamoid bones beneath the head of the first metatarsal with inflammation or fracture. The diagnosis is usually clinical, with localized tenderness on palpation. Diagnosing the cause of metatarsalgia in patients without this classical sign is difficult. We present here such a case of a 37-year-old lady in whom sesamoiditis was diagnosed with technetium-99m ((99m)Tc)-methylene diphosphonate (MDP) single photon emission tomography-computed tomography (SPECT-CT).