The multiscan appearance of eosinophilic granuloma

Clin Nucl Med. 1979 Feb;4(2):53-5. doi: 10.1097/00003072-197902000-00003.

Abstract

A case of multifocal eosinophilic granuloma is presented in which a 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate bone scan revealed areas of increased, normal, and decreased uptake of the radionuclide. A radiographic bone survey demonstrated some but not all of the lesions seen on the bone scan; additionally, certain lesions were demonstrated only by the radiographs. A radionuclide bone scan is therefore unreliable as the sole diagnostic procedure for evaluating the distribution of eosinophilic granuloma and should always be complemented with a radiographic bone survey.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Eosinophilic Granuloma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Ilium / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Technetium

Substances

  • Technetium