Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology (Korean J Nucl Med Technol)

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Femoral Mass in Bone Mineral Densitometry

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju, Korea

Correspondence to Han-Kyung Seo, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Jeonbuk National University Hospital, 634-18 Keumam-dong, Duckjingu, Jeonju, Jeonbuk 561-712, Korea ,Tel :+82-63-250-2326, E-mail : shg@jbuh.co.kr

Volume 27, Number 2, Article 13, November 2023. Korean J Nucl Med Technol 2023;27(2):13. https://doi.org/10.12972/kjnmt.20230013
Received on April 21, 2022, Revised on May 30, 2023, Accepted on May 31, 2023, Published on November 31, 2023.
Copyright © 2023 Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

A 55-year-old female patient, referred by the endocrine metabolism department, was recommended for orthopedic surgery because a lesion was found in the proximal femur in the bone mineral densitometry (BMD). Pelvis AP and frog-leg images performed by the orthopedic department found an intraosseous mass (more likely a benign tumor) in the greater trochanter of the left femur. However, she did not need special treatment and decided to keep observing. The role of a radiologic technologist is important in BMD and it provides significant assistance in the treatment of patients.
Keywords

Bone Mineral Densitometry, Intraosseous Mass, Greater Trochanter

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