PMID- 2143475
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19900920
LR  - 20190824
IS  - 0340-6997 (Print)
IS  - 0340-6997 (Linking)
VI  - 16
IP  - 8-10
DP  - 1990
TI  - The scintigraphy of sacroiliac joints. A comparison of 99mTc-DPD and 99mTc-MDP.
PG  - 677-81
AB  - The accumulation of 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP) and 
      99mTc-dicarboxypropane diphosphonate (99mTc-DPD) in sacroiliac (si) joints was 
      evaluated as a function of imaging time in 22 control patients and 5 patients 
      with sacroiliitis. The controls were injected with either 99mTc-DPD or 99mTc-MDP 
      (12 and 10 patients, respectively) and the patients with sacroiliitis with both 
      agents within 5 days. Both the anterior and posterior views of the si joints were 
      taken. The sacroiliac joint-to-sacrum (SI/S) ratio was calculated with the region 
      of interest method. No statistically significant differences between these 
      bone-seeking agents were found in the SI/S ratios of the control or the diseased 
      patients. A clear overlap of indices (mean +/- SD) was found between the control 
      patients and the patients with sacroiliitis. When the inflamed si joint was 
      divided into three small adjacent areas and the SI/S ratios calculated for these 
      areas, a statistically significant (P less than 0.001) increase in the SI/S ratio 
      was noticed when compared with the SI/S ratio of the whole joint. Comparison of 
      control patients and patients with sacroiliitis showed the most significant 
      differences in the anterior views as well as in the P value: P less than 0.001 in 
      all patients injected with 99mTc-DPD and in most patients injected with 
      99mTc-MDP. In the posterior views, the significance was less marked. In every 
      case, the inflamed part of the si joint was visible in the anterior views. The 
      background subtraction had the greatest effect on the SI/S ratio of anterior 
      images, but in the posterior views no significance was found.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED 
      AT 250 WORDS)
FAU - Lantto, T
AU  - Lantto T
AD  - Department of Nuclear Medicine, Paijat-Hame Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland.
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Germany
TA  - Eur J Nucl Med
JT  - European journal of nuclear medicine
JID - 7606882
RN  - 0 (Diphosphonates)
RN  - 0 (Organotechnetium Compounds)
RN  - 0 (technetium Tc 99m 1,1-diphosphonopropane-2,3-dicarboxylic acid)
RN  - X89XV46R07 (Technetium Tc 99m Medronate)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Arthritis/*diagnostic imaging
MH  - Back Pain/diagnostic imaging
MH  - *Diphosphonates
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Organotechnetium Compounds
MH  - Radionuclide Imaging
MH  - Sacroiliac Joint/*diagnostic imaging
MH  - *Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
MH  - Time Factors
EDAT- 1990/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1990/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1990/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1990/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1990/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1990/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/BF00998168 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Eur J Nucl Med. 1990;16(8-10):677-81. doi: 10.1007/BF00998168.