Clinical Spectrum of Asymptomatic Femoral Neck Abnormal Uptake on Bone Scintigraphy
Vladimir Sopov, MD;1,2,
Dror Fuchs, MD;2,3,
Elisha Bar-Meir, MD;2,4,
Miguel Gorenberg, MD;2,5 and
David Groshar, MD1,2
1 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
2 Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
3 Department of Orthopaedics, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
4 Department of Radiology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
5 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rebecca Sieff Governmental Hospital, Safed, Israel
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FIGURE 1. Anteroposterior radiograph of right hip shows herniation pit of femoral neck.
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FIGURE 2. Schematic depiction shows focal abnormal uptake on femoral neck.
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FIGURE 3. A 20-y-old soldier referred for bone scintigraphy to evaluate knee pain. Pinhole image of right hip shows focal increased uptake (arrow) corresponding to femoral neck herniation pit in same region seen on hip radiograph shown in Figure 1.
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