Tc-99m MDP bone imaging in inflammatory enthesopathy

Clin Nucl Med. 1990 Feb;15(2):105-6. doi: 10.1097/00003072-199002000-00009.

Abstract

A case is presented in which uptake of Tc-99m MDP was noted at the sites of tendon and ligament attachments to the calcaneus in inflammatory enthesopathy. Following successful treatment with corticosteroids, the uptake was markedly decreased in accordance with subsidence of clinical manifestations and normalization of laboratory data. Radionuclide bone imaging may be useful in evaluating the response to treatment with corticosteroids as well as revealing the active disease sites in inflammatory enthesopathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate*
  • Tendinopathy / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate