The value of ^(99m)Tc methylene diphosphonate bone scintigraphy in diagnosing relapsing polychondritis  

作　　者：SHI Xu-hua ZHANG Feng-chun CHEN Li-bo OUYANG Meng 

机构地区：[1]Department of Rheumatology , Department of Nuclear Medicine [2]Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China

出　　处：《Chinese Medical Journal》2006年第13期1129-1132,共4页中华医学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：Relapsing polychondritis （RP） is a recurrent disease involving cartilage mainly of the ear,nose, larynx, trachea, and bronchus. The typical manifestations of the disease in the ear and nose can be easily recognized, but the symptoms could be ignored or easily confused with those of other diseases when the cartilage of other sites is involved. Thus, it is necessary to develop a new technique for the diagnosis of this disease. Few cases of abnormal accumulation of radioactivity at cartilage shown by ^99mTc methylene diphosphonate （MDP） bone scintigraphy are described in the literature. In this report, we present 4 patients of whom 3 had positive findings on ^99mTc MDP bone scintigraphy with an assessment of ^99mTc MDP bone scintigraphy in the diagnosis of RP.Relapsing polychondritis （RP） is a recurrent disease involving cartilage mainly of the ear,nose, larynx, trachea, and bronchus. The typical manifestations of the disease in the ear and nose can be easily recognized, but the symptoms could be ignored or easily confused with those of other diseases when the cartilage of other sites is involved. Thus, it is necessary to develop a new technique for the diagnosis of this disease. Few cases of abnormal accumulation of radioactivity at cartilage shown by ^99mTc methylene diphosphonate （MDP） bone scintigraphy are described in the literature. In this report, we present 4 patients of whom 3 had positive findings on ^99mTc MDP bone scintigraphy with an assessment of ^99mTc MDP bone scintigraphy in the diagnosis of RP.

关 键 词：relapsing polychondritis ^99mTc methylene diphosphonate bone scintigraphy 

分 类 号：R68[医药卫生—骨科学]