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A normal radionuclide bone image can facilitate distinction between a bone island and significant pathologic processes, especially an osteoblastic metastasis. This distinction becomes more crucial when growth is detected in an isolated sclerotic bone lesion or if a relatively large sclerotic lesion is detected de novo in patients with a known neoplasm. This report presents three patients with isolated bone islands: two with interval growth, the other with a relatively large stable lesion; all showing a normal radionuclide bone image.
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Go, R.T., El-Khoury, G.Y. & Wehbe, M.A. Radionuclide bone image in growing and stable bone island. Skeletal Radiol. 5, 15–18 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00347092
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00347092