Metastatic Osseous Disease Masquerading as Infection, Diagnosed on Bone Scintigraphy and SPECT/CT

J Nucl Med Technol. 2020 Jun;48(2):179-180. doi: 10.2967/jnmt.119.232850. Epub 2019 Dec 6.

Abstract

We present a 72-y-old woman with an osseous metastasis to the spine that had an atypical appearance on both nuclear medicine and radiologic modalities and was misdiagnosed as an abscess. We discuss the pitfalls of bone scintigraphy and the causes of photopenic metastatic lesions.

Keywords: bone; metastases; photopenic; scintigraphy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Bone Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infections / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography*