Published 1981 | Version v1
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Comparative study on skull CT scan and bone scintigraphy in chronic hemodialysed patients

Creators

  • 1. Osaka City Univ. (Japan). Faculty of Medicine

Description

A comparative study of computed tomography (XCT) scan utilizing EMI head unit and radionuclide bone scan was performed in 17 patients with chronic renal failure on maintenance hemodialysis. Bone scintigram was positive in 7 out of 17 patients. EMI number of the skull in the positive bone scintigram group was significantly lower than that of the negative bone scintigram. Radionuclide bone scan is the most useful method to detect early bone change and XCT scan will determine the grade of the bone mineral contents. XCT is especially useful to follow patients under the medical treatment (active vitamine D3 therapy) in order to know the therapeutic effect. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Osaka City Med. J.
Journal Volume
27
Journal Issue
1
Series
Osaka City Med. J.
Journal Page Range
63-72
ISSN
0030-6096

INIS

Country of Publication
Japan
Country of Input or Organization
Japan
INIS RN
14750492
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CAT SCANNING; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS; DIALYSIS; IMAGES; NEPHRITIS; PATIENTS; QUANTITY RATIO; SCINTISCANNING; SKULL; TECHNETIUM 99
Descriptors DEC
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; RADIOISOTOPES; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SKELETON; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM DISEASES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES