Chondroma other imaging findings

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Farima Kahe M.D. [2]

Overview

Intense uptake on bone scan occurs with underlying pathological fracture or cortical expansion in small bones.

Radionuclide Bone Scan

Intense uptake on bone scan occurs with underlying pathological fracture or cortical expansion in small bones.^[1]
The findings of benign enchondromas must be differentiated from the increased uptake in chondrosarcomas, by performing a biopsy.

References

↑ Peabody, Terrance (2014). Orthopaedic oncology : primary and metastatic tumors of the skeletal system. Cham: Springer. ISBN 9783319073224.

Overview