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A member asked:
I have a history of osteomylitis and it showed up on gallium scan before, why did my doctor order a bone scan?
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Ask your doctor: Gallium is sometimes used to detect active or chronic infection. Gallium not specific can have uptake in tumors and trauma. It does not tell much about healing of bone. Bone scan is more specific for bone metabolism including infection fracture, repair. The degree of uptake usually determines activity of process. Lot of people use tagged white blood cells for detecting infection, more specific.
Answered 12/21/2013
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