Published August 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

Early detection of Freiberg's disease by radionuclide bone imaging

  • 1. Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing (China). Dept. of Nuclear Medicine

Description

56 hallux valgus deformities of 28 patients were studied with radionuclide bone imaging (RNBI). Among them, 24 feet(42.85%) revealed increased uptake of radioactivity in second or third metatarsal. The ratio of radioactivity in lesion and contralateral normal site (D/N) was increased, the difference between the patient and normal groups was significant (P<0.01). The histologic study showed that there have been degenerative changes and bone cell necrosis in increased uptake area. It was concluded that RNBI was more sensitive than X ray and can be used for the early diagnosis of Freiberg's Disease

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Chinese Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Journal Volume
13
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 131-132.
ISSN
0253-9780
CODEN
CITCDE