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fracture of dorsal navicular bone

Case of the week: Bone SPECT-CT dorsal navicular stress fracture

Case of the weekBy Arum Parthipun7 December 2020

Clinical presentation This 18-year-old ballet student presented with chronic pain in the dorsal midfoot. There was no history of trauma. A bone SPECT-CT scan of the feet and ankles was requested by the orthopaedic surgeon to assess for the site of pain. Key findings Planar dynamic and blood pool phase images were unremarkable. This excluded…

Nuclear Medicine Studies: Foot & Ankle Bone SPECT-CT

NM studiesBy Arum Parthipun17 November 2020

The ability to localise accurately sites of bone inflammation in the foot and ankle makes SPECT-CT an invaluable tool for many specialists in this area. Due to complex anatomy in the foot, it can sometimes be difficult to confidently diagnose the cause of pain, particularly in patients with previous trauma or chronic conditions such as…

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