Nuclear medicine imaging in osteonecrosis of hip: Old and current concepts

Osteonecrosis (ON) is caused by inadequate blood supply leading to bone death, which results in the collapse of the architectural bony structure. Femoral head is the most common site involved in ON. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a commonly used imaging modality to detect early ON. When MRI is...

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Autores principales: Agrawal, Kanhaiyalal, Tripathy, Sujit Kumar, Sen, Ramesh Kumar, Santhosh, S, Bhattacharya, Anish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2017
Materias:
Diagnostic Advances
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5656489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29094004
http://dx.doi.org/10.5312/wjo.v8.i10.747
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Sumario:Osteonecrosis (ON) is caused by inadequate blood supply leading to bone death, which results in the collapse of the architectural bony structure. Femoral head is the most common site involved in ON. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a commonly used imaging modality to detect early ON. When MRI is inconclusive, bone scan is helpful in detecting ON during early phase of the disease. As newer nuclear medicine equipment, like single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography/CT, are emerging in medical science, we review the role of these imaging modalities in ON of femoral head.

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