A case of multiple aggressive osseous hemangiomas on bone scan

Yousuf Qaseem, MD; Mohammed Bermo, MD; Manuela Matesan, MD; Fatemeh Behnia, MD; Nupur Verma, MD; Saeed Elojeimy, MD,PhD

Radiology Case Reports (Mar 2020)

A case of multiple aggressive osseous hemangiomas on bone scan

Yousuf Qaseem, MD,
Mohammed Bermo, MD,
Manuela Matesan, MD,
Fatemeh Behnia, MD,
Nupur Verma, MD,
Saeed Elojeimy, MD,PhD

Affiliations

Yousuf Qaseem, MD: Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico, MSC 10-5530, 1, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
Mohammed Bermo, MD: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 N.E. Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
Manuela Matesan, MD: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 N.E. Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
Fatemeh Behnia, MD: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 N.E. Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
Nupur Verma, MD: Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 USA
Saeed Elojeimy, MD,PhD: Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico, MSC 10-5530, 1, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA; Corresponding author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 3
pp. 226 – 229

Abstract

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A 49-year-old male with worsening back and right leg pain was referred for bone scan imaging. Bone scan demonstrated multifocal expansile osteoblastic bony lesions, atypical for benign osseous hemangiomas, which are commonly cold on bone scan. Multisite bone biopsies were compatible with the diagnosis of multifocal osseous hemangiomas. This case illustrates that aggressive osseous hemangiomas, a rare subtype of hemangiomas, may have variable osteoblastic activity on bone scan, ranging from mild to severe uptake. Keywords: Aggressive bony hemangiomas, Bone scan

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
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