Cold Metastases Detected by Bone Scintigraphy in Aggressive Lung Cancer

C. Martínez Carsí; Gloria Ruíz Hernández; C. Sánchez Marchori; J. Oro Camps; A. Perales Vila

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1632351

Nuklearmedizin - NuclearMedicine, Table of Contents

Nuklearmedizin 1998; 37(08): 292-296
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632351

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Cold Metastases Detected by Bone Scintigraphy in Aggressive Lung Cancer

Kalte Metastasen bei aggressivem Lungenkrebs detektiert durch Knochenszintigraphie

Authors

C. Martínez Carsí

¹Servei de Medicina Nuclear,
Gloria Ruíz Hernández

³Servei de Medicina Nuclear de l’Hospital Clínic Universitäre València. Spain
C. Sánchez Marchori

²Servei de Traumatologia de l’Hospital 9 d’Octubre,
J. Oro Camps

²Servei de Traumatologia de l’Hospital 9 d’Octubre,
A. Perales Vila

¹Servei de Medicina Nuclear,

Abstract

Zusammenfassung

Ein 55jähriger Mann mit seit zwei Wochen andauernden lumbalen Schmerzen wurde in der orthopädischen Klinik untersucht. Die Evolution des klinischen Bildes und eine Knochenszintigraphie ermöglichten die Diagnose. Dieser klinische Fall und das wissenschaftliche Schrifttum zeigten, wie wichtig eine routinemäßige Knochenszintigraphie in der Diagnostik von Knochenmetastasen ist.

Summary

A case of a 55-year-old man was remitted to Traumatology Department to present back pain of two weeks of evolution. The results of bone scintigraphy and the patient’s evolution allowed the diagnosis. This case report and a literature review showed the importance of using a routine bone scan in diagnosis of bone metastases.

Schlüsselwörter

Knochenmetastasen - Diagnose - Skelettszintigraphie

Keywords

Skeletal metastases - diagnosis - bone scintigraphy

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