Melorheostosis associated with peripheral form spondyloarthropathy: New image with 18-fluoride positron emission tomoscintigraphy coupled to computed tomography

Abstract

Melorheostosis is a rare benign bone pathology which can be responsible for incapacitating pain and bone deformations. Its imaging abnormalities are often typical. We describe here the case of a patient with melorheostosis involving the lower limbs, associated with a peripheral form of inflammatory spondyloarthropathy, who underwent 18FNa positron emission tomography coupled to a computed tomography scan. Our objective is to present this new image, to show the value of this new modality and emphasize its advantages compared to the 99mTechnetium bone scan. © 2012 Hassani et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd.