DIAGNOSTIC-VALUE OF 99M DIPHOSPHONATE-TC-99M BONE IMAGING IN TRANSIENT OSTEOPOROSIS OF THE HIP

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 6  (5) , 574-583
Abstract
Present topographic and quantitative studies of 99m Tc-diphosphonate bone scans from 46 patients and 25 control subjects were presented in which was found transient osteoporosis of hip (TOH) (12 cases-2 bilateral), early aseptic osteonecrosis of the femoral head (19 cases-2 bilateral), early coxitis (11 cases) and stress fracture of the femoral neck (4 cases). Active TOH was characterized by intense, homogeneous increased uptake of the entire femoral head, extending to the acetabulum and the neck, and sometimes to the shaft. The scintigram of TOH differed greatly from that in the other hip disorders. Bone scintigraphy can help to diagnose the cause of his pain before definite roentgenographic signs appear.