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Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Bone scintigraphy
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 scintigraphy - List of case studies
- Carcinoma of the prostate
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who requested a complete abdominal CT scan and a bone scintigraphy. The results are reported below. While waiting for these results, ...
- Neuroendocrine Neoplasia
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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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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 densitometry Bone ...
- Cystic Pleuro-Pulmonary Blastoma – additional opinion
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of neoplasia has been carried out by means of: - Bone scintigraphy : Negative; - Cranial, neck, chest and abdomen CT scan : ...
- 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 ... organs.” - May, 2009: Total body bone scintigraphy with evidence of: “Area of pathological hyperactivity that ...
- Metastatic well differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma in liver
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small intestine – Normal March 2008 – Bone scan - Normal March 2008 – Somatostatin Scan – no ... CA-19-9), Bone scan, Somatostatin Scan (Somatostatin scintigraphy), Gastrin test, Abdominal CT (in addition to condensed cuts to ...
- Pulmonary heteroplasia_3
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either stability or an initiation of tumor response, but bone scintigraphy that was performed 6 months later revealed an area of increased ...
- Hepatic metastases from prostatic adenocarcinoma
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till today) and radiotherapy for a total of 72 Gy. Bone Scintigraphy negative for metastasis . Negative abdominal and chest CT ...
- Metastatic well differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma in liver_2
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small intestine – Normal March 2008 – Bone scan - Normal March 2008 – Somatostatin Scan – no ... one year I would recommend a new somatostatin receptor scintigraphy. tags: ...
- spreading pancreatic cancer
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What would be the most appropriate therapy, given that the scintigraphy shows a lesion identified as being recidive? ... plus progestin, bisphosphonates, and raloxifene inhibit bone resorption and can increase bone density and lower serum calcium ...