Vol 22, No 1 (2019)
Clinical vignette
Published online: 2019-01-31
Multiple photopenic vertebrae in the bone scintigraphy of a young man with Gorham disease: CT and MRI correlation
Abstract
We report a rare pattern of extensive bone abnormalities on the Tc-99m MDP bone scintigraphy in a patient with Gorham disease. This rare condition is the result of vascular and lymphatic channel proliferation in bony structures which induce bone resorption. Our case is a 28-year-old man with a history of biopsy-proven soft tissue hemangioma in the left thigh, encountered with a recent diagnosis of multiple vertebral hemangiomata in the axial skeleton and progressive bony destructions in the pelvis on CT and MRI images, referred for bone scintigraphy. Multiple photopenic hemangiomata were noted on bone scan.
Keywords: Gorham diseaseBone resorptionVascular proliferationHemangioma
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