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Patellofemoral pain syndrome is one of the most common knee joint disorders in current practice. Several imaging methods have been described for pathologies of patellofemoral joint and evaluation of patellofemoral pain. We consider that both scintigraphy and quantitavite computed tomography (QCT) exhibiting bone metabolism (dynamic) and bone density changes in subchondral bone are useful methods especially for evaluating of minor instabilities by which no pathology can be demonstrated by other imaging methods.
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Aydin, A.T., Özcanlı, H., Yıldız, A., Özkaynak, C. (2010). Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: The Value of Pinhole and SPECT Scintigraphic Imaging and Quantitative Measurements of Bone Mineral Equivalent Density with Quantitative Computed Tomography. In: Zaffagnini, S., Dejour, D., Arendt, E. (eds) Patellofemoral Pain, Instability, and Arthritis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05424-2_12
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