Bone scintigraphy, despite being non-specific, is a very sensitive and simple investigation for patients with active Paget's disease of the bone.
Skeletal metastases and Paget's disease may co-exist in the elderly patients as both conditions are commonly seen in this age group. Clinical and radiological correlation may help to improve the diagnostic specificity of a bone scintigram. We report a patient in whom concurrent Paget's disease and a rib fracture became evident only on repeat scintigraphy following successful treatment of prostate carcinoma skeletal metastases. Conflict of interest:None declared.
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Addenbrooke's Hospital, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom.
Reference: Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther. 2013 Aug;22(2):63-5.
doi: 10.4274/Mirt.135
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24003400
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