SPECT/CT Correlation in the Diagnosis of Unilateral Condilar Hyperplasia

To evaluate the correlation between metabolic bone activity measured by single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and the anatomic condylar characteristics acquired by computed tomography (CT), in patients with unilateral condylar hyperplasia (UCH). Method and Materials/Patients: Observatio...

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Published in:Diagnostics (Basel) 2021-03, Vol.11 (3), p.477
Main Authors: López, Diego Fernando, Ríos Borrás, Valentina, Muñoz, Juan Manuel, Cardenas-Perilla, Rodrigo, Almeida, Luis Eduardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
99mTc-MDP
Asymmetry
bone scintigraphy
computed tomography
condylar hyperplasia
Drug dosages
Hyperplasia
Medical diagnosis
Metabolism
Nuclear medicine
Pathology
Pediatrics
Software
SPECT
Variables
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Summary:To evaluate the correlation between metabolic bone activity measured by single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and the anatomic condylar characteristics acquired by computed tomography (CT), in patients with unilateral condylar hyperplasia (UCH). Method and Materials/Patients: Observational, descriptive study in a group of 71 patients with clinical diagnosis of UCH and indication of SPECT/CT. Bone SPECT images obtained in a gamma-camera GE Infina and processed in a station Xeleris 3 with the program Volumetrix MI Evolution for bone. CT images acquired in a PET/CT Biograph mcT20 equipment (Siemens) processed in a station Osirix V 7.5.1 (Pixmeo, Bomex, Switzerland). The sample included 24 men (33.8%) and 47 women (66.2%). Active state UCH was detected in 40 (56.3%) cases (over 55% uptake in the affected condyle) and 38 (53.5%) presented mandibular deviation to the right side. No significant differences related to sex, age, or mandibular deviation side were found. Mandibular deviation was the only morphologic feature related to active/inactive UCH ( = 0.003). The likelihood of active CH was significantly higher in patients with mandibular deviation higher than 6 mm compared with
ISSN:2075-4418
2075-4418
DOI:10.3390/diagnostics11030477