Open AccessOsteopetrosis: Radiological & Radionuclide Imaging
Author(s) -
Cherry Sit,
Kanhaiyalal Agrawal,
Ignac Fogelman,
Gopinath Gnanasegaran
Publication year - 2015
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 - 10.4103/0972-3919.147544
Subject(s) - medicine , osteopetrosis , radiological weapon , radionuclide , radionuclide imaging , nuclear medicine , radiology , pathology , nuclear physics , physics
Osteopetrosis is a rare inherited bone disease where bones harden and become abnormally dense. While the diagnosis is clinical, it also greatly relies on appearance of the skeleton radiographically. X-ray, radionuclide bone scintigraphy and magnetic resonance imaging have been reported to identify characteristics of osteopetrosis. We present an interesting case of a 59-year-old man with a history of bilateral hip fractures. He underwent (99m)Tc-methylene diphosphonate whole body scan supplemented with single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography of spine, which showed increased uptake in the humeri, tibiae and femora, which were in keeping with osteopetrosis.