Bone marrow imaging
Creators
- 1. Div. of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital of the Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (USA)
- 2. Div. of Nuclear Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Description
Bone marrow imaging is of limited value in most patients with hematologic disorders. Frequently marrow aspirate or biopsy can reveal detailed information for accurate diagnosis. However in patients with nonuniform marrow distribution bone marrow imaging may be of considerable help in localizing the diseased sites for marrow sampling. Marrow scintigraphy in conjunction with bone imaging has been used in the evaluation of bone and joint complaints in patients with sickle cell disorders. Marrow scanning with Fe-52 has been utilized in the investigation of mass lesions that may represent extramedullary hematopoiesis. Bone marrow imaging is of limited value in the metastatic workup of patients with malignancy. This paper discusses how bone marrow scanning is useful in evaluating the distribution of active marrow in various hematologic disorders. It is also useful in evaluation of the complications of these disorders. It may be used, in conjunction with bone imaging, to aid in the differential diagnosis of bone pain in patients with predisposition to marrow infarction
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Williams and Wilkens.
- Imprint Place
- Baltimore, MD (USA)
- ISBN
- 0-683-03670-X
- Imprint Title
- Diagnostic nuclear medicine. Second edition
- Imprint Pagination
- 1154 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 707-724.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 22004103
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- BONE JOINTS; BONE MARROW; DIAGNOSIS; IRON 52; LABELLED COMPOUNDS; NECROSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SCINTISCANNING; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
- Descriptors DEC
- ANEMIAS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HEMIC DISEASES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IRON ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ORGANS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; RADIOISOTOPES; SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; SKELETON; SYMPTOMS; TISSUES