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Early and Delayed 99mTc-MDP SPECT/CT Findings in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis

Research Authors
Abdelhafez, Y. G.
Hagge, R. J.
Badawi, R. D.
Raychaudhuri, S. P.
Chaudhari, A. J.
Research Member
Research Year
2017
Research Journal
ClinicalNuclearMedicine
Research Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Research Vol
NULL
Research Rank
1
Research_Pages
NULL
Research Website
http://journals.lww.com/nuclearmed/Abstract/publishahead/Early_and_Delayed_99mTc_MDP_SPECT_CT_Findings_in.97916.aspx
Research Abstract

We report the case of a 74-year-old man with seropositive rheu- matoid arthritis (RA) and radiographic osteoarthritis (OA) who underwent dual-phase high-resolution 99mTc-MDP SPECT/CT. Early radiotracer en- hancement was noted in 2 RA joints of the right hand, both presenting with a ring-like uptake pattern around the joint, consistent with synovitis. Insig- nificant early enhancement was noted at the first carpometacarpal joint, de- spite presentation of CT features of OA. The delayed-phase enhancement patterns were distinct, showing asymmetry in RA joints, but a symmetric, joint-centered pattern for the OA joint.