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A big variety of different nuclear medicine imaging modalities are increasingly used to diagnose bone and joint disorders: planar bone scan, leucocyte and antigranulocyte scintigraphy, SPECT and SPECT/CT, FDG-, Fluoride-, Choline-, PSMA-PET/CT and others. Tumors, infection/inflammation, trauma and degenerative diseases are the main reasons to perform nuclear medicine bone and joint imaging. It is crucial to be aware of the various technical, radiopharmaceutical and patient related artifacts that can occur and might lead to misinterpretation. Additionally, uptake in benign tumors, osteoarthritis, inflammation and infection can lead to false positive findings. The following article summarizes potential pitfalls in nuclear medicine bone and joint imaging.
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Strobel, K. (2017). Pitfalls in Planar and Hybrid Bone and Joint Imaging. In: Hodler, J., Kubik-Huch, R., von Schulthess, G. (eds) Musculoskeletal Diseases 2017-2020. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54018-4_28
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