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ArticleMolecular imaging and radionuclide therapy2021

The Role of a Bone SPECT/CT Scan in the Follow-up of a Solitary Bone Lesion in a Patient with Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis

Selin Kesim, Halil Turgut Turoğlu, Sabahat İnanır, Salih Özgüven, Tanju Yusuf Erdil

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Article in Molecular imaging and radionuclide therapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Selin KesimMarmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, İstanbul, TurkeyORCID 0000-0002-6164-9781
Halil Turgut TuroğluMarmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, İstanbul, TurkeyORCID 0000-0002-4289-8811
Sabahat İnanırMarmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, İstanbul, TurkeyORCID 0000-0003-1587-7270
Salih ÖzgüvenMarmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, İstanbul, TurkeyORCID 0000-0002-2790-7206
Tanju Yusuf ErdilMarmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, İstanbul, TurkeyORCID 0000-0002-5811-4321
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Abstract

Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disease observed in childhood characterized by the proliferation of Langerhans' cells resulting in focal or systemic manifestations (including the bones). Here, we present a pediatric case with a localized biopsy-proven LCH, who underwent progression from solitary to multifocal form detected on bone scintigraphy and single photon emission computerized tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) performed within four months. Emphasizing on localized bone pain (predictive of osseous LCH) and local tenderness and swelling usually guides the nuclear physician to perform additional SPECT/CT with presumably an improvement of the diagnostic accuracy as demonstrated in our case.

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bone SPECT/CTLangerhans’ cell histiocytosistechnetium-99m-methylene diphosphonate bone scintigraphy

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