Goldstein H A, Bloom C Y
J Nucl Med. 1980 Oct;21(10):928-30.
Nine patients with facial pain were evaluated with limited bone scans. The scintigrams correlated with microscopy in all patients (eight positive, one negative), although radiographs correlated with microscopy in only five patients (four positive, one negative). The degenerative disease process in the temporomandibular joint was more extensive in the patients with radiographic and scintigraphic abnormalities than in those with scintigraphic abnormalities alone. The limited bone scan appears useful in detecting early degenerative changes in the temporomandibular joint.
对9例面部疼痛患者进行了有限的骨扫描评估。所有患者的闪烁扫描图与显微镜检查结果相关（8例阳性，1例阴性），而X线片仅与5例患者的显微镜检查结果相关（4例阳性，1例阴性）。颞下颌关节退变疾病过程在有X线片和闪烁扫描异常的患者中比仅存在闪烁扫描异常的患者更广泛。有限的骨扫描似乎有助于检测颞下颌关节的早期退变改变。
