Chapter 32: Radionuclide Scintigraphy in Metabolic Bone Disease Gopinath Gnanasegaran, Gary J. R. Cook, and Ignac Fogelman

Figure 1 Figure 1 99m Tc-MDP bone scan showing typical linear uptake in vertebral fractures. The different intensity suggests they occurred at different times. © 2008 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research From the Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism, 7 th Edition.

Figure 2 Figure 2 99m Tc-MDP anterior and posterior whole body bone scan showing intense activity within a number of bones, with features typical of Paget’s disease. © 2008 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research From the Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism, 7 th Edition.

Figure 3 Figure 3 Whole body bone scan showing enhanced uptake throughout the skeleton (increased bone/soft tissue ratio) in a patient with chronic renal failure and biochemistry consistent with osteomalalcia. © 2008 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research From the Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism, 7 th Edition.