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Role of PSMA-targeted PET-CT in renal cell carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Fluoro-deoxy glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), the workhorse of nuclear medicine, has limited utility for renal cell carcinoma (RCC), particularly clear cell variant. Thus, var...
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Bone SPECT-CT Acquisition Protocol in Skeletal Oncology
Bone SPECT and SPECT/CT increase the sensitivity and specificity of bone tumor and metastasis diagnosis. There are several protocols depending on the clinical indications, availability of gamma camera or SPECT...
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Bone Metastases
Skeletal scintigraphy or bone scan using bone-seeking radiotracers fundamentally detects reactive increased bone formation due to bone metastases. However, planar bone scan has limitations in detecting bone me...
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Hip Arthroplasty: Periprosthetic Fractures
Periprosthetic fracture is any fracture occurring in the vicinity of an orthopedic implant. Radiographs are the first-line radiological investigation for the detection of periprosthetic fractures. Three-phase ...
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Insertion Tendinopathy of the Elbow: Imaging Findings
Chronic repetitive stretch and strain of muscle tendon can make its healing slow and incomplete, leading to a condition known as the insertional tendinopathy. Generally, it is easily diagnosed by a typical cli...
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Insertion Tendinopathy of the Elbow: Imaging Findings
Chronic repetitive stretch and strain of muscle tendon can make its healing slow and incomplete, leading to a condition known as the insertional tendinopathy. Generally, it is easily diagnosed by a typical cli...
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Normal X-ray and CT Anatomy of Shoulder and Elbow
The shoulder and elbow joints are functionally and structurally complex and are composed of bone, hyaline cartilage, ligaments, capsule, tendons, ligaments, and muscles. Indications for imaging of the shoulder...
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Elbow Epicondylitis
Epicondylitis is an inflammation of the elbow tendons. It can be classified as lateral or medial, with the former occurring more frequently. Famously termed as tennis or golfer’s elbow, depending on its locati...
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Pelvis: Sacroiliitis
Sacroiliac joint arthritis is a typical finding in ankyolsing spondylitis and spondylarthropathies. Early diagnosis is essential for adequate treatment and prevention of joint destruction or fusion. In this ch...
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Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH)
Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) or congenital dislocation of the hip (CDH) comprises a spectrum of developmental abnormalities of the hip joint and surrounding structures. Common complaints are unstab...
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Osteopoikilosis: Bone Scintigraphy and Imaging Features
Osteopoikilosis is a rare autosomal dominant condition characterized by multiple benign enostoses. The lesions of osteopoikilosis are mostly located in the epiphyseal and metaphyseal region of tubular bones, w...
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Shoulder: Scapular Notching
Scapular notching was first described by Sirveaux in 1997. It is defined as the scapular glenoid neck erosion due to repeated contact of the humeral stem with the inferior scapular neck during the adduction of...
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Bone SPECT/CT in Shoulder: Tendinitis Calcarean Subscapularis or Calcific Tendinitis of Subscapularis
Calcific tendinitis is referred as a self-limiting pathology of muscle tendons. Usually patients present with pain in shoulder with or without restriction of movements. In this chapter, we describe role of ima...
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Elbow Osteoarthritis: Imaging Findings
According to pathogenesis, osteoarthritis can be primary (idiopathic) or secondary. Among young adults, secondary osteoarthritis is more common and is associated with prior surgery, crystal deposition (gout, C...
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Osteopoikilosis: Bone Scintigraphy and Imaging Features
Osteopoikilosis is a rare autosomal dominant condition characterized by multiple benign enostoses. The lesions of osteopoikilosis are mostly located in the epiphyseal and metaphyseal region of tubular bones, w...
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Heterotopic Ossification of the Elbow: Imaging Findings
Heterotopic ossification is the deposition of calcified tissue at extra skeletal sites and can be broadly categorized into genetic and non-genetic based on the pathogenesis, with non-genetic being the most com...
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Pelvis: Paget’s Disease
Paget’s disease (PD) of bone is a metabolic bone disorder involving excessive and abnormal bone remodeling, which alters the architecture and overall appearance of the bone. PD may be monostotic (single bone l...
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Benign Bone Tumors: Osteoid Osteoma
Osteoid osteoma is a benign bone forming tumor seen in young adults/adolescents, usually presenting with nocturnal pain and is often missed on X-rays. Bone scan has showed higher sensitivity than other convent...
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Elbow: Septic Arthritis
Septic arthritis is infection of the joint space. The patients usually present with fever, local pain and tenderness, and sometimes restricted movement of the joint. Therefore, it needs immediate diagnosis and...