Is the bullhead sign on bone scintigraphy really common in the patient with SAPHO syndrome? A single-center study of a 16-year experience

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 387-392

  Fu, Zhanli ^a   Liu, Meng ^a   Li, Ziao ^a   Fan, Yan ^a   Zhang, Jianhua ^a   Zhang, Xuchu ^a   Li, Qian ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullhead sign; SAPHO syndrome; Whole body bone scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE LESION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERA; HUMAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB; SAPHO SYNDROME; STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT; STERNUM; THORAX WALL; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING; AFTERCARE; BONE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

ACQUIRED HYPEROSTOSIS SYNDROME; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC WALL; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949024222     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0000000000000451     Document Type: Article

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