Open AccessNon-ossifying fibroma mimicking distant metastasis of osteosarcoma on 99m Tc-methylene diphosphonate bone scintigraphy: Diagnosis with single photon emission tomography/computed tomography
Author(s) -
Punit Sharma,
Harmandeep Singh,
Chandrasekhar Bal,
Rakesh Kumar
Publication year - 2014
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 - 10.4103/0972-3919.136573
Subject(s) - medicine , bone scintigraphy , single photon emission computed tomography , emission computed tomography , nuclear medicine , scintigraphy , radiology , bone metastasis , tomography , osteosarcoma , metastasis , positron emission tomography , pathology , cancer
Non-ossifying fibromas (NOFs) are benign bone lesions with variable appearance on bone scintigraphy. Single photon emission tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) can help in accurate characterization of these lesions. We present a case of 14-year-old boy with recurrent osteosarcoma where NOF was mimicking distant metastasis on (99m)Tc-methylene diphosphonate bone scintigraphy. SPECT/CT was able to correctly characterize the lesion as NOF, thereby altering the management.