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Tc99m MDP Bone Scan in Low Backache - is SPECT Necessary?
Correspondence to: Anish Bhattacharya, Assistant Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine PGIMER, Chandigarh 160012, India. Tel: (O) (91)-172-2747585, (R) (91)-172-2744816 Fax:(91)-172-2744401 E-mail: shalmoli@glide.net.in
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This article was originally published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow and was migrated to Scientific Scholar after the change of Publisher.
Abstract
Bone scintigraphy is routinely performed to identify bone and joint abnormalities in patients with low back pain. Urinary contamination by radiotracer excreted through the renal route may complicate scan interpretation, especially when localized to the symptomatic anatomical region. We present such a case where urinary contamination simulating a bony abnormality on the planar image was clearly identified only on SPECT.
