Innumerable Small Bony Nodular Sclerotic Lesions with Negative Findings on Both Bone Scintigraphy and F-18 FDG PET : Osteopoikilosis in a Patient of Breast Cancer.
- Author:
Sungmin JUN
1
;
Yong Ki KIM
;
In Ju KIM
;
Hyun Yeol NAM
;
Bum Soo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan, Korea. injkim@pusan.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
osteopoikilosis;
breast cancer;
bone scintigraphy;
FDG PET
- MeSH:
Breast;
Breast Neoplasms;
Genetic Diseases, Inborn;
Humans;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Osteoblasts;
Osteopoikilosis
- From:Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2008;42(3):256-258
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Osteopoikilosis is a rare, benign hereditary disease, which presents multiple osteosclerotic, and small round nodules in the bone. It is usually detected incidentally by radiological examination. A radionuclide bone scintigraphy is essential in distinguishing osteopoikilosis from osteoblastic metastases, because scintigraphic findings are usually normal in patients with osteopoikilosis. However, there have been no reports about F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET findings in osteopoikilosis. Herein, we wish to report a case of osteopoikilosis with breast cancer, which could not be seen in either bone scintigraphy or F-18 FDG PET/CT.
