Bone scan

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What is Bone scan?

A bone scan is a test that detects areas of increased or decreased bone metabolism (turnover). The test is performed to identify abnormal processes involving the bone such as tumor, infection, or fracture.

Alternative Names:

Scintigraphy - bone

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Today I had a full body "Bone Scan", as I stated in another post I suffer from piriformis s...
What type of bone lesion would give a hypo T1 signal and hyper T2 signal on MRI and be nega...
I was diagnosed originally with A.S. in 2004. In 2006 I was told that the better classif...
I have a two year old son who woke up on October 1st & started limping real bad. We do not ...
My son is 12 years 6 months and is 4 feet 11 inches. He had a bone scan of his left hand it...
I had a cage put in my L4, L5, and s1 back in 2005 from an accident. I have had pain before...
i posted yesterday on this and have not had any replies. i'm set to have a bone scan next w...
I got a Total hip replacement due to AVN more than 7 months ago. The prothesis is metal on ...
Can a bone scan really reveal all? The radiologist thought my x-ray showed "progression of ...
The Xiphoid process broke on my husband's sternum. He is getting a bone scan this week but...

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by Artdude, Jan 17, 2008 06:43PM
Hospital called today, and I am set. Tomorrow I drive to a satellite hospital in Cumm...

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