TABLE 3

Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Imaging Techniques in Patients with Bone Metastases of Carcinoid Tumors

Patient no.	Sex	Age (y)	Time since diagnosis (mo)	Site of bone metastases	Plain radiography	MRI	Bone scintigraphy	Octreotide scintigraphy
1	M	55	239	Lumbar spine, chest, skull, extremities	N	—	P	P
2	M	59	19	Total spine, chest	N	P	P	P
3	M	69	17	Total spine, chest, pelvis, extremities	P	P	P	P
4	F	36	0	Pelvis	P	—	P	N
5	F	58	21	Skull, extremities	—	—	—	P
6	F	63	0	Total spine, chest, pelvis, extremities	N	P	P	P
7	F	65	65	Total spine, chest, pelvis, skull, extremities	N	P	P	—
8	F	69	6	Thoracic spine, chest, pelvis	P	—	P	P
9	F	70	18	Thoracic spine, chest, pelvis, skull, extremities	—	P	P	N
10	F	72	9	Pelvis	N	—	N	P
11	F	75	6	Thoracic spine	P	P	P	N
				Positive (performed) technique	4 (9)	6 (6)	9 (10)	7 (10)
				Sensitivity (%)	44	100	90	70
				95% CI of sensitivity (%)	12–76	61–100	72–100	35–93