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Osteopetrosis: Radiological & Radionuclide Imaging
Cherry Sit1, Kanhaiyalal Agrawal2, Ignac Fogelman2, Gopinath Gnanasegaran2
1 School of Medicine, King's College London, United Kingdom
2 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Correspondence Address:
Cherry Sit
School of Medicine, King's College London, London
United Kingdom
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-3919.147544
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Osteopetrosis is a rare inherited bone disease where bones harden and become abnormally dense. While the diagnosis is clinical, it also greatly relies on appearance of the skeleton radiographically. X-ray, radionuclide bone scintigraphy and magnetic resonance imaging have been reported to identify characteristics of osteopetrosis. We present an interesting case of a 59-year-old man with a history of bilateral hip fractures. He underwent 99m Tc-methylene diphosphonate whole body scan supplemented with single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography of spine, which showed increased uptake in the humeri, tibiae and femora, which were in keeping with osteopetrosis. |
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