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  • Title: What causes lower neck uptake in bone scans?
    Author: Oppenheim BE, Cantez S.
    Journal: Radiology; 1977 Sep; 124(3):749-52. PubMed ID: 196313.
    Abstract:
    Lower neck uptake, frequently seen on anterior views of bone scans done with 99mTc-phosphate compounds, was studied in 122 patients to determine its incidence and etiology. Increased uptake was identified in the lower neck anteriorly in 46 patients (38%). In 14 of these, moderately severe to severe arthritis appeared to cause the uptake; metastatic disease was the cause in 8 cases; and in 1 case there was prominent uptake in the thyroid cartilage. Positioning artifact accounted for the uptake in the other 23 cases. Thyroid uptake was never observed.
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