Osteopoikilosis: a major diagnostic problem solved by bone scintigraphy

M Tuncel; B Caner

doi:10.1016/j.remn.2011.04.010

Osteopoikilosis: a major diagnostic problem solved by bone scintigraphy

Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol. 2012 Mar-Apr;31(2):93-6. doi: 10.1016/j.remn.2011.04.010. Epub 2011 Jun 11.

Authors

M Tuncel¹, B Caner

Affiliation

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. muratt@hacettepe.edu.tr

PMID: 21658816
DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2011.04.010

Abstract

Osteopoikilosis (OPK) is a rare disease with an unknown etiology. Although a benign condition, it may lead to diagnostic problems when the patient undergoes diagnostic imaging of the skeletal system due to various reasons like malignancy. Herein, we report 2 cases with OPK causing difficulties in the final diagnosis of the cases which was resolved with the contribution of bone scintigraphy and clinical follow-up.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Aged
Back Pain / diagnostic imaging
Back Pain / etiology
Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis
Carpal Bones / diagnostic imaging
Diagnosis, Differential
Femur / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Multimodal Imaging*
Osteopoikilosis / complications
Osteopoikilosis / diagnostic imaging*
Pelvic Bones / diagnostic imaging
Positron-Emission Tomography*
Stomach Ulcer / complications
Stomach Ulcer / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
Whole Body Imaging*