The role of bone scintigraphy in diagnosing reflex sympathetic dystrophy
| Autor: | Gilbert W. Lee, Paul M. Weeks |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology Time Factors medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Dystrophy Scintigraphy Sensitivity and Specificity Bone and Bones Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Bone scanning Bone scintigraphy Predictive Value of Tests Clinical diagnosis Internal medicine medicine Cardiology Reflex Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Surgery In patient Poor correlation Radionuclide Imaging business |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Hand Surgery. 20:458-463 |
| ISSN: | 0363-5023 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0363-5023(05)80107-8 |
| Popis: | Three-phase bone scintigraphy is used often to diagnose reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the hand. This study presents an analysis of the literature relating three-phase bone scanning to reflex sympathetic dystrophy in the upper extremity. The data show a wide variability in scintigraphic accuracy in patients with clinically obvious reflex sympathetic dystrophy. The results of bone scintigraphy correlate best with the clinical diagnosis of reflex sympathetic dystrophy within the first 20-26 weeks of onset. Even then, the sensitivity in the most recent series approximates 50%. After 26 weeks, there is a poor correlation between three-phase bone scanning and reflex sympathetic dystrophy. Consequently, three-phase bone scintigraphy should not be used as a major criterion in diagnosing reflex sympathetic dystrophy. The diagnosis of reflex sympathetic dystrophy remains a clinical diagnosis made by an experienced hand surgeon. |
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