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Bone Research
New findings in bone research described by N. Aide and co-researchers
August 12th, 2008
According to recent research published in the journal Clinical Nuclear Medicine, "We report the case of a 72-year-old man with prostate cancer, in whom Tc-99m MDP bone scintigraphy revealed a ''superscan'' pattern, except in a dorsal vertebra, which appeared photopenic." "A low-dose SPECT/CT acquisition demonstrated that the lack of tracer uptake corresponded to a blastic lesion with no lytic component. Surprisingly, the cold vertebra appeared as an ''ivory vertebra'' on the CT part of the SPECT/CT acquisition," wrote N. Aide and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "In the present case, the photopenic appearance is thought to be due to a...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-08-12)
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