Melorheostosis associated with peripheral form spondyloarthropathy: new image with 18-fluoride positron emission tomoscintigraphy coupled to computed tomography

Hakim Hassani; Jérôme Slama; Gilles Hayem; Khadija Ben Ali; Laure Sarda-Mantel; Samuel Burg; Dominique Le Guludec

doi:10.2147/OARRR.S28657

Melorheostosis associated with peripheral form spondyloarthropathy: new image with 18-fluoride positron emission tomoscintigraphy coupled to computed tomography

Open Access Rheumatol. 2012 Jan 5:4:1-7. doi: 10.2147/OARRR.S28657. eCollection 2012.

Authors

Hakim Hassani¹, Jérôme Slama², Gilles Hayem³, Khadija Ben Ali⁴, Laure Sarda-Mantel², Samuel Burg², Dominique Le Guludec²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France; Radiology, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France; University Paris VII Denis Diderot, Paris, France.
² Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France; University Paris VII Denis Diderot, Paris, France.
³ Rheumatology, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France.
⁴ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France.

Abstract

Melorheostosis is a rare benign bone pathology which can be responsible for incapacitating pain and bone deformations. Its imaging abnormalities are often typical. We describe here the case of a patient with melorheostosis involving the lower limbs, associated with a peripheral form of inflammatory spondyloarthropathy, who underwent ¹⁸FNa positron emission tomography coupled to a computed tomography scan. Our objective is to present this new image, to show the value of this new modality and emphasize its advantages compared to the ^99mTechnetium bone scan.

Keywords: 18F-fluoride; 18FNa; PET-CT; bone scan; melorheostosis.

Publication types

Case Reports