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Nuklearmedizin 1992; 31(06): 239-241
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1629630
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Survey of 1725 Bone Scans in Patients with Malignant Disease with Particular Emphasis on Carcinoma of the Breast

A. Y. Al Hindawi
1   From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Amman, Jordan
,
S. A. Qutaishat
1   From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Amman, Jordan
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Received: 31 March 1992

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04 February 2018 (online)

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Summary

1725 bone scans, done for evaluation of metastatic involvement from malignant neoplasms, were reviewed. The fraction of positive scans (multiple lesions in the bone scan) was 34% of the patients with different malignancies. In 251 patients (12%) a single bone lesion was detected and 114 of these patients were followed-up and re-scanned once or twice within 1 to 4 years. 39 of the 93 patients with solitary bone lesion who on follow-up developed multiple lesions had carcinoma of the breast as the primary.

Zusammenfassung

Es wurden 1725 Skelettszintigramme, die zur Metastasensuche bei Malignomen vorgenommen worden waren, retrospektiv analysiert. Der Prozentsatz pathologischer Szintigramme (multiple Herde) betrug 34% der Patienten, die unterschiedliche Malignome aufwiesen. Bei 251 Patienten (12%) war ein solitärer Skelettherd festgestellt worden. Von diesen Patienten waren 114 innerhalb von 1 bis 4 Jahren ein- oder zweimal szintigraphisch nachuntersucht worden. 39 von 93 Patienten mit solitären Knochenherden, die im Verlauf multiple Läsionen entwickelten, wiesen als Primärtumor ein Mammakarzinom auf.

Key words

Bone scans - breast cancer - malignant disease

Schlüsselwörter

Skelettszintigramme - Mammakarzinom - Malignom
 

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