DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Bone scan
Bone scintigraphy
A bone scan or bone scintigraphy is a nuclear scanning test to find certain abnormalities in bone which are triggering the bone's attempts to heal. It is primarily used to help diagnose a number of conditions relating to bones, including: cancer of the bone or cancers that have spread (metastasized) to the bone, locating some sources of bone inflammation (e.g. bone pain such as lower back pain due to a fracture), the diagnosis of fractures that may not be visible in traditional X-ray images, and the detection of damage to bones due to certain infections and other problems...
Bone scan - List of case studies
- Neuroendocrine Neoplasia
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at the hepatic segment VI – VIII; An abdominal CAT scan showed evidence of hypo dense lesions at segment IV and VI and ... diagnosis, the following was performed: a total body bone scintigraphy, with negative results, and tests on the concentration of ...
- List of Examinations
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radiographic techniques 1 18F-fluoride PET scan 24 hour blood pressure monitoring 24-hour blood pressure ... Alpha-fetoprotein Ambulatory bone scan Amsler Grid chart Amsler grid chart Amyloidosis ... with prolactin levels Blood work Bloom Bone Scan Bone Scintigraphy Bone age Bone biopsy Bone ...
- Operated breast cancer with metastases
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cerebral, hepatic, right suprarenal gland lymph nodes, and bone (L4) metastases. The patient underwent neurosurgery of cerebral metastasis ... and there was no appearance of new lesions. At the PET/CAT scan examination was no more evidence of areas of high hepatic, skeletal, ...
- Acquired deformity of left foot in Parkinson’s Disease
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. As the symptoms persisted, an urgent X-ray scan was made in June 2005. Its result showed a mild metatarsal-phalangeal ... and wear shoes . If untreated, skin ulceration and bone erosion can happen. Striatal foot in PD is part of the primary disease ...
- Cystic Pleuro-Pulmonary Blastoma – additional opinion
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a clinical and radiological follow-up. The chest CT scan performed on that occasion still showed a non-specific pulmonary cystic ... of neoplasia has been carried out by means of: - Bone scintigraphy : Negative; - Cranial, neck, chest and abdomen CT scan ...
- Right Post-Traumatic Gonalgia
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X-rays of right knee on (one month later): “Normal bone trophism. Initial arthrosic irregularities to the tibial plate ... insertion at the patella. The MRI scan reviewed shows a degenerative tear of the posterior horn of the ...
- Spinal pathology – additional opinion
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Lumbar spinal x-ray – severe degeneration at L4-5 Bone Scan showed high absorption D12 and L1 on RHS CT showed osteophytes in ...
- Spinal Channel Stenosis
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Left L5 hemisacralization . No focus-like structural bone lesion”. A CAT scan of L3-S1 carried out 2 days after x-ra y showed the following: ...
- Stage 4 Neuroblastoma – additional opinion
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contrast a pathological enhancement of all the described bone structures is appreciated. A CT scan of the facial bones for diagnostic completion is carried out. It ...
- Autoimmune hepatitis/cholangitis in patient with Crohn’s disease.
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medical tests carried out were: - Ultrasound scan and MR cholangiography with evidence of bile ducts dilatation . ... as stem cells isolated from patient’s blood or bone marrow can be re-injected. After re-injection, these cells home to sites ...