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 

作者机构：Department of Rheumatology Department of Nuclear Medicine Peking Union Medical College Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Beijing 100730 China 

出 版 物：《Chinese Medical Journal》 (中华医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2006年第119卷第13期

页      面：1129-1132页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100210[医学-外科学(含：普外、骨外、泌尿外、胸心外、神外、整形、烧伤、野战外)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：relapsing polychondritis ^99mTc methylene diphosphonate bone scintigraphy 

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.