Manicourt, Daniel
[UCL]
Three-phase radionuclide bone scanning is extremely useful in patients with suspected reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome. The functional data it provides can be analyzed either visually or semiquantitatively. Its many advantages include good sensitivity; however, its specificity varies substantially across sites and clinical patterns. The main differential diagnoses are reviewed. Semiquantitative analysis of scintigram data is of limited diagnostic usefulness but provides valuable pathophysiological information and can be helpful in guiding therapeutic decisions. Semiquantitative analysis has demonstrated that the severity and duration of changes in radionuclide uptake vary widely across sites and that effects on scintigraphic parameters differ between calcitonin and pamidronate.
Bibliographic reference |
Manicourt, Daniel. L'exploration scintigraphique dans l'algodystrophie sympathique réflexe. In: La Semaine des Hopitaux, Vol. 70, no. 33-34, p. 1023-1042 (1994) |
Permanent URL |
http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/48598 |