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Uptake in Asymptomatic Wrist

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Clinical Atlas of Bone SPECT/CT

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The prevalence and intensity of radiotracer uptake in asymptomatic wrists are significantly lower compared to symptomatic wrists. The tracer uptake in the asymptomatic wrists is mainly due to osteoarthritis and mechanical overload; the other causes are trauma and normal variations. The radiotracer uptake is predominantly in the late phase of bone scintigraphy. In general, radionuclide bone imaging is more sensitive in detecting asymptomatic dormant pathologies compared to radiography. This chapter discusses the role of bone SPECT/CT in evaluating asymptomatic hand and wrist.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT, Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai, India

    Ujwal Bhure

  2. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland

    Ujwal Bhure

  3. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland

    Klaus Strobel

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  1. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

    Tim Van den Wyngaert

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Gopinath Gnanasegaran

  3. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland

    Klaus Strobel

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    Ujwal Bhure

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Bhure, U., Strobel, K. (2023). Uptake in Asymptomatic Wrist. In: Van den Wyngaert, T., Gnanasegaran, G., Strobel, K. (eds) Clinical Atlas of Bone SPECT/CT. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26449-8_69

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