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  • Title: Usefulness of Quantitative Bone SPECT/CT for Evaluating Treatment Response in a Patient with Mandibular Osteomyelitis.
    Author: Kitajima K, Noguchi K, Moridera K, Kishimoto H, Tsuchitani T, Takahashi Y, Furudoi S, Yamakado K.
    Journal: Case Rep Oncol; 2021; 14(2):820-825. PubMed ID: 34267634.
    Abstract:
    We report here a case of mandibular osteomyelitis in a 63-year-old female in which quantitative values determined using bone SPECT/CT were useful to evaluate response to antibiotic therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and sequestomy. After finishing therapy, the chief complaints were well relieved, and posttreatment Tc-99m HMDP bone SPECT/CT examination showed decreased uptake. The maximum standardized uptake value (SUV), peak SUV, mean SUV, metabolic bone volume, and total bone uptake of the untreated lesion were 6.26, 5.16, 3.97, and 11.86 mL and 42.21, respectively, which were decreased to 4.65, 3.90, 2.77, and 9.67 mL and 26.80, respectively, following hyperbaric oxygen therapy and antibiotic administration, and were moreover decreased to 4.28, 3.67, 2.75, and 6.24 mL and 17.19, respectively, after sequestomy. In comparison with pretreatment situation, those parameters were decreased by -25.7, -24.4, -30.2, -18.5, and -36.5%, respectively, following hyperbaric oxygen therapy and antibiotic administration, and moreover by -31.6, -28.9, -30.7, -47.4, and -59.3, respectively, after sequestomy, likely reflecting treatment response. Quantitative bone SPECT/CT may be useful to evaluate bone inflammatory activity and treatment response in a patient with mandibular osteomyelitis.
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