Technetium 99m-methylene diphosphonate bone scans in children with reflex neurovascular dystrophy |
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Authors: | R M Laxer R C Allen P N Malleson R T Morrison R E Petty |
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Affiliation: | 1. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, British Columbia''s Children''s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada;2. Division of Nuclear Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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Abstract: | Eleven children with reflex neurovascular dystrophy were investigated by technetium-labeled methylene diphosphonate bone scanning. Eight of 12 scans demonstrated abnormal findings, four showing diffusely decreased uptake and four diffusely increased uptake of the radionuclide in the affected site. Three scans showed normal findings initially, as did one previously abnormal scan when repeated in the asymptomatic patient 6 months later. Diffusely abnormal findings can be helpful in the diagnosis of childhood reflex neurovascular dystrophy, but a normal scan does not exclude the diagnosis. |
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Keywords: | Reprint requests: R. E. Petty M.D. Rheumatic Diseases Research Laboratory B.C. Children's Hospital 4480 Oak St. Vancouver B.C. Canada V6H 3V4. |
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