Johns W D, Gupta S M, Kayani N
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Danbury Hospital, Connecticut 06810.
Clin Nucl Med. 1987 Aug;12(8):627-31. doi: 10.1097/00003072-198708000-00010.
Bone scintigraphy is a sensitive imaging modality for detecting early lesions and polyostotic involvement in fibrous dysplasia. Common findings include multiple areas of focal uptake that are often unilateral and typically involve the ribs, tibia, femur, and craniofacial bones. A knowledge of various skeletal manifestations of fibrous dysplasia is helpful to distinguish it from Paget's disease, osteoblastic metastasis, and fractures. Several recent cases representing varying involvement of fibrous dysplasia are presented and the literature is reviewed.
