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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-7-12
pubmed:abstractText
We describe 4 patients (3 males aged 54-59, 1 female aged 25) with regional migratory osteoporosis (RMO). All patients had at least 2 episodes of periarticular osteoporosis. The interval between attacks ranged from 5 months to 11 yr and attacks lasted from 3 months to 2 yr. In 2 cases septic arthritis was initially suspected. The ankle joints were affected in 3 patients, hips in 2 and knees in 2. An unusual feature in 2 patients was involvement of the small joints of the foot demonstrated by 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP) joint imaging. Joint imaging corroborated the clinical diagnosis in 2 patients before regional osteoporosis was visible radiologically. As there are no specific laboratory features of RMO, joint imaging may be helpful in the diagnosis of suspected cases before the development of radiographic stigmata.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0315-162X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
237-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Joint imaging in regional migratory osteoporosis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports