The Value of Single-photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Herniation Pits

Jessica Graham-Thompson; Grace Brayshaw; Geoffrey M Currie; Lacey Greene; Matthew Haase; Rashid Hashmi

doi:10.1016/j.jmir.2014.03.091

The Value of Single-photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Herniation Pits

J Med Imaging Radiat Sci. 2015 Mar;46(1):108-112. doi: 10.1016/j.jmir.2014.03.091. Epub 2014 Jun 21.

Authors

Jessica Graham-Thompson¹, Grace Brayshaw¹, Geoffrey M Currie², Lacey Greene³, Matthew Haase⁴, Rashid Hashmi⁵

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Science, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia.
² Faculty of Science, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia; Faculty of Health, Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV; Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: gcurrie@csu.edu.au.
³ Faculty of Health, Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV.
⁴ Regional Imaging, IMed Network, Wagga Wagga, Australia.
⁵ Faculty of Science, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia; Regional Imaging, IMed Network, Wagga Wagga, Australia.

PMID: 31052053
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmir.2014.03.091

Abstract

The potential role of the nuclear medicine diagnostic bone scan in identifying herniation pits of the femoral neck is yet to be adequately described. The following cases show incidental findings of subcortical cavities of the femoral neck detected on bone scans. These findings highlight the potential role of the bone scan as a useful imaging modality in identifying and stratifying herniation pits based on physiology, particularly with the addition of single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography to the armamentarium.

Keywords: bone scan; femur neck; herniation pit; single-photon emission computed tomography; single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography.