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bone metastases


Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98%

  • False negatives:
    • multiple myeloma
    • thyroid Ca
    • small, purely lytic lesions
    • oat cell Ca

Specificity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . high

  • False positives:
    • Paget's disease
    • arthritis
    • fibrous dysplasia
    • infection
    • trauma, new or old

REF: MacNeil BJ. Value of bone scanning in neoplastic disease. Semin Nucl Med 14:277, 1984.


Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  2 February 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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