Question 1

on a whole body bone scan what does faint activity seen associated with the manubrial clavicular junction on the right side may be variation of normal?

Accepted Answer

All the scan tells-: -you is there is more bone active in that are, does not tell you why. Can be as simple as this being your dominant extremity. Very dense uptake is something significant &amp; should be investigated.

Question 2

whole body nuclear bone scan results:  increased activity in the anterior skull near the superior lateral margin of the right orbital. is this normal?

Accepted Answer

Inflammatory act: That is not normal

It seems there is an increased radio nuclear activity near the superior lateral margin of the right orbital. This could be an inflammation in the bone or an infection. Clinical symptoms like fever, rash around the right orbital area. Other imaging like CT, MRI, PET-Scan can be used to confirm the findings and clarify more precisely the problem.

Question 3

hi, i had a question. i recently had a whole body nuclear medicine bone scan done and the report says "unremarkable tracer localization is seen in the osseous structures,  what does this mean?

Accepted Answer

It means you: are fine, bone scan shows nothing remarkable

Question 4

for a bone scan what is the purpose of doing some scans before/during the injection of the tracer? i thought that the scans were after it was absorbed

Accepted Answer

Easy imaging...: It sounds like you are referring to a three phase bone scan (flow, blood pool, and delayed images).  Early images can provide more information depending on what your condition is.  Early images are helpful to look for osteomyelitis, RSD, and some other conditions and can help determine if a condition is acute or chronic.

Question 5

hello docs, is a full body bone scan like a gallium scan?

Accepted Answer

No: Gallium scanning involves greater irradiation and is non specific for tumor, infection , and bone abnormalities. Low radiation bone scan is specifically for osseous problems such as fractures, metastatic disease to bone, avascular necrosis, some metabolic bone issues, etc.Patient with unknown source of fever or pain and multifocal disease  usually helped by bone scan.

Question 6

what exposes the body to more: radiation bone scan or computed tomography?

Accepted Answer

CT vs bone scan: The amount of CT radiation exposure depends on the type of CT. Average effective radiation dose for bone scan is about 6 mSv.  Dose for head CT is 2mSv, for abdomen CT is 8 mSv, and for CT angiogram 16mSv.

Question 7

what is the purpose of having a bone scan for my knee before my dr making a final decision about doing a fulkerson procedure?

Accepted Answer

To see if damage: It may be to look for damage of the bone and joint  including the patella. Your physicians can clarify what the bone status  is before  surgery. I assume your slipping  patella is the reason for the surgery I would expect  you have  done a lot of physical therapy before the decision for surgery is to be  made. A strong  quadricepes muscle is important for the patella strength and stabilization

Question 8

on a recent full body bone scan, there was minimal uptake on the posterior lateral left 7th rib. i have pain in the rib. what to do?

Accepted Answer

Xray/exam: get a regular x-ray of the ribs and a physical exam.

Question 9

got kidney removed 20 days b4 so the injection given b4 bone scan is it safe n whatever given through injection is tht excreated from body easily ??

Accepted Answer

Yes...: The tracer which is given for bone scan is Technetium 99m MDP and it is excreted by the kidneys.  The tracer is a radionuclide and has a physical half life of about 6 hours.  This means that even if you had no kidneys, half of the tracer would have decayed by 6 hours.  If  you have kidney function, this will accelerate washout of tracer from your body and more than half will be gone by 6 hours.

Question 10

after failed lateral release, my surgeon is thinking about doing a fulkerson procedure, but wants to do bone scan 1st. purpose of bone scan?

Accepted Answer

To detect problem: The Fulkerson procedure is an  to stabilize the kneecap to prevent chronic dislocation. He is being thorough and at your age that is important.

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On a whole body bone scan what does faint activity seen associated with the manubrial clavicular junction on the right side may be variation of normal?

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Whole body nuclear bone scan results: increased activity in the anterior skull near the superior lateral margin of the right orbital. is this normal?

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Hi, i had a question. i recently had a whole body nuclear medicine bone scan done and the report says "unremarkable tracer localization is seen in the osseous structures, what does this mean?

A member asked:

For a bone scan what is the purpose of doing some scans before/during the injection of the tracer? i thought that the scans were after it was absorbed

A member asked:

Hello docs, is a full body bone scan like a gallium scan?

A member asked:

What exposes the body to more: radiation bone scan or computed tomography?

A member asked:

What is the purpose of having a bone scan for my knee before my dr making a final decision about doing a fulkerson procedure?

A member asked:

On a recent full body bone scan, there was minimal uptake on the posterior lateral left 7th rib. i have pain in the rib. what to do?

A member asked:

Got kidney removed 20 days b4 so the injection given b4 bone scan is it safe n whatever given through injection is tht excreated from body easily ??

A member asked:

After failed lateral release, my surgeon is thinking about doing a fulkerson procedure, but wants to do bone scan 1st. purpose of bone scan?

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