Published July 1978 | Version v1
Journal article

Bone scintigraphy in primary tumors of the head and neck

  • 1. Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

Description

Bones of the face and skull may be involved directly by adjacent primary tumors of the head and neck. Radiography, at present the standard method for detection of bone involvement in such tumors, is not sufficiently sensitive. Of 22 patients who showed bone involvement in scintigraphy, radiography in 15 was initially normal, in 6 the extent of the lesion was not completely shown and only in 3 was it as informative as scintigraphy. Bone scintigraphy should become a standard method for evaluation of the context of bone invasion by tumors of the head and neck

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Augmented title (English)
/sup 99m/Tc-diphosphate

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Cancer
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
1
Series
Cancer.
Journal Page Range
111-117
ISSN
0008-543X

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