Published July 1980
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Journal article
Scintigraphic evaluation of primary bone tumors: comparisons of technetium-99m phosphonate and gallium citrate imaging
Description
A prospective investigation of two different radionuclide imaging techniques for the skeleton--technetium-99m phosphonate and gallium-67 citrate--was carried out prior to biopsy in fifty-five patients with primary bone tumors of the extremities and limb girdles. The study showed that the technetium-99m phosphonate scans were not useful in separating benign from malignant lesions or in defining reliably the local extent of malignant tumors. Gallium scans were more accurate in delineating the local extent of malignant tumors and may provide better indentification of benign tumors
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- J. Bone Jt. Surg., Am. Vol.
- Journal Volume
- 62
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Series
- J. Bone Jt. Surg., Am. Vol.
- Journal Page Range
- 758-764
- ISSN
- 0021-9355
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 13696259
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CITRATES; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DIAGNOSIS; GALLIUM 67; ISOMERIC NUCLEI; LIMBS; NEOPLASMS; PHOSPHONATES; SCINTISCANNING; SKELETON; TECHNETIUM 99
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; BODY AREAS; CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; GALLIUM ISOTOPES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANS; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; RADIOISOTOPES; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES