From the Department of Nuclear Medicine.
Kuwait Cancer Control Center, Jack Brignall PET/CT Centre, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, United Kingdom.
Clin Nucl Med. 2021 Apr 1;46(4):e203-e205. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003371.
Osteitis condensans ilii (OCI) is a benign cause of low back pain for which no clear etiology has been identified. We report cases of 2 women with breast cancer referred for 18F-NaF PET/CT for skeletal staging. Both cases show characteristic findings of OCI on CT images, with 18F-NaF PET uptake in symptomatic patient and no uptake in asymptomatic. 18F-NaF PET CT can be useful in evaluating back pain and may be used as an adjunctive biological maker for assessing OCI as a potential cause of pain.
髂骨骨硬化症(OCI)是一种良性的腰痛病因,但尚未明确其发病机制。我们报告了 2 例女性乳腺癌患者,因骨骼分期而行 18F-NaF PET/CT 检查。这 2 例病例在 CT 图像上均显示出 OCI 的特征性表现,有症状的患者 18F-NaF PET 摄取,无症状的患者无摄取。18F-NaF PET CT 可用于评估腰痛,并且可作为评估 OCI 作为潜在疼痛原因的辅助生物学标志物。