Cases
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Absent pedicle sign (breast cancer metastases)

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 26 Jun 2014
71% complete
Nuclear medicineX-ray
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Active sacroiliitis

Diagnosis certain
Published 10 May 2012
68% complete
Nuclear medicineX-ray
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Acute pyogenic osteomyelitis of the metatarsal

Diagnosis certain
Published 07 Dec 2013
88% complete
Nuclear medicineX-ray
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Aggressive juvenile fibroma of the mandible

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 24 Nov 2012
73% complete
UltrasoundCTX-rayNuclear medicine
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Alveolar soft part sarcoma - right leg

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Apr 2018
93% complete
Nuclear medicinePathologyX-rayCTMRI
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Aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC)

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 15 Jul 2011
61% complete
MRIX-rayNuclear medicineCT
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Aneurysmal bone cyst of the calcaneus

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 30 May 2018
78% complete
MRICTNuclear medicineX-ray
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Aneurysmal bone cyst - radius

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 25 Mar 2009
62% complete
X-rayMRINuclear medicine
Case
Aseptic loosening of knee replacement

Diagnosis certain
Published 31 Mar 2017
94% complete
Nuclear medicine
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Avascular necrosis

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 19 Nov 2015
75% complete
Nuclear medicine
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Avid breast cancer on bone scan

Diagnosis certain
Published 07 Apr 2014
91% complete
Nuclear medicine
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Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

Diagnosis certain
Published 04 Jan 2010
86% complete
X-rayCTNuclear medicine
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Bertolotti syndrome

Diagnosis certain
Published 03 Aug 2016
94% complete
Nuclear medicine
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Bilateral tibial insufficiency fractures

Diagnosis certain
Published 03 Jul 2016
86% complete
Nuclear medicineMRIX-ray
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Bisphosphonate-induced femoral stress fractures

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 27 Jan 2017
68% complete
X-rayNuclear medicine
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Bisphosphonate-related atypical femoral fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 12 Feb 2017
83% complete
Nuclear medicineX-ray
Case
Bone metastasis - breast cancer

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 08 Feb 2012
75% complete
MRINuclear medicineX-ray
Case
Bone metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma

Diagnosis certain
Published 02 Aug 2014
86% complete
CTUltrasoundX-rayNuclear medicine
Case
Bronchoalveolar carcinoma

Diagnosis certain
Published 16 Mar 2011
89% complete
CTNuclear medicineX-ray
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Brown adipose tissue

Diagnosis certain
Published 07 Jan 2015
88% complete
Nuclear medicine
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Brown fat

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 16 Feb 2016
75% complete
Nuclear medicine
Case
Brown fat uptake (FDG PET-CT)

Diagnosis certain
Published 14 May 2020
82% complete
Nuclear medicine
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Brown tumor

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 10 Nov 2010
75% complete
Nuclear medicineX-rayCTMRI
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Brown tumor

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 27 Apr 2018
78% complete
Nuclear medicineCTMRIAnnotated image
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Brown tumor

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 27 Nov 2010
68% complete
Nuclear medicineCTX-ray
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Calcaneal stress fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Oct 2010
62% complete
Nuclear medicineMRI
Case
Calcaneal stress fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 08 May 2015
91% complete
X-rayNuclear medicine
Case
Chondromyxoid fibroma

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 05 Jul 2010
75% complete
MRIX-rayNuclear medicineDiagram
Case
Chordoma - clivus

Diagnosis certain
Published 11 Jan 2011
93% complete
X-rayCTNuclear medicineMRI
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Chronic osteomyelitis in a beta thalassemia major patient

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 21 Jul 2012
72% complete
Nuclear medicine
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Complex regional pain syndrome following Cedell fracture

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 17 Jul 2019
78% complete
Nuclear medicineCTMRIX-ray
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Diffuse bone metastases - prostate cancer

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 15 Nov 2010
50% complete
Nuclear medicineX-rayCT
Case
Distal femoral metastasis from non-small cell lung carcinoma

Diagnosis certain
Published 07 Dec 2017
95% complete
CTNuclear medicineMRI
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Distal femoral osteosarcoma with pathological fracture

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 13 Jan 2010
74% complete
X-rayNuclear medicineMRI
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Distal radius giant cell tumor

Diagnosis certain
Published 10 Aug 2016
87% complete
Nuclear medicineX-rayMRICT
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Elastofibroma dorsi

Diagnosis certain
Published 08 Jan 2015
91% complete
Nuclear medicine
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Enchondroma

Diagnosis certain
Published 07 Oct 2014
85% complete
X-rayNuclear medicine
Case
Enchondroma - distal femur

Diagnosis certain
Published 09 Jan 2012
98% complete
Nuclear medicineDiagramX-rayMRICT
Case
Eosinophilic granuloma - proximal femur

Diagnosis certain
Published 17 Jan 2012
86% complete
CTX-rayNuclear medicine
Case
Eosinophilic granuloma - spine

Diagnosis certain
Published 03 Feb 2010
82% complete
X-rayMRINuclear medicineCT
Case
Erdheim-Chester disease

Diagnosis certain
Published 16 Dec 2017
95% complete
Nuclear medicineMRIX-rayCT
Case
Erdheim-Chester disease with skeletal and lung involvement

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 07 Apr 2010
74% complete
CTNuclear medicineX-ray
Case
Ewing sarcoma

Diagnosis certain
Published 19 Dec 2009
74% complete
MRINuclear medicineX-ray
Case
Ewing sarcoma

Diagnosis certain
Published 05 Jun 2011
80% complete
UltrasoundNuclear medicineX-rayCT
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Ewing sarcoma

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 29 Nov 2014
79% complete
Nuclear medicine
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Ewing sarcoma

Diagnosis certain
Published 02 Jan 2010
85% complete
MRIX-rayNuclear medicine
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Ewing sarcoma - acetabulum

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 16 Dec 2009
61% complete
MRIX-rayCTNuclear medicine
Case
Ewing sarcoma - middle finger

Diagnosis certain
Published 29 Dec 2009
89% complete
MRIX-rayNuclear medicine
Case
Ewing sarcoma - pelvis

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 16 Dec 2009
69% complete
X-rayNuclear medicineCTMRI
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Ewing sarcoma - proximal femur

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 16 Dec 2009
62% complete
Nuclear medicineCTMRI
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Ewing sarcoma - rib

Diagnosis certain
Published 29 Dec 2018
89% complete
X-rayCTNuclear medicine
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Ewing's sarcoma of scapula

Diagnosis certain
Published 31 May 2018
89% complete
MRINuclear medicineUltrasoundX-ray
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Extraskeletal chondrosarcoma

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 14 Jun 2014
74% complete
MRINuclear medicine
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Exuberant sclerotic metastasis: carcinoma of the prostate

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 19 Dec 2014
75% complete
CTNuclear medicine
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Fat necrosis right buttock

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 27 Feb 2015
81% complete
MRICTNuclear medicine
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FDG PET positive benign peripheral Schwannoma

Diagnosis certain
Published 17 Feb 2016
89% complete
MRIUltrasoundNuclear medicine
Case
Femoral bisphosphonate-related insufficiency fractures
Diagnosis certain
Published 24 Apr 2014
85% complete
X-rayNuclear medicine
Case
Femoral enchondroma

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 27 Mar 2017
79% complete
Nuclear medicineX-ray
Case
Femoral metastasis: breast cancer

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 19 Jun 2014
75% complete
Nuclear medicineX-ray
Case
Fibrous dysplasia - femur

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Jan 2012
95% complete
Nuclear medicineCTMRIX-ray
Case
Fibrous dysplasia in tibia

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 09 Jul 2011
83% complete
MRINuclear medicineX-rayDiagram
Case
Fibrous dysplasia - polyostotic

Diagnosis certain
Published 04 Nov 2009
63% complete
X-rayNuclear medicine
Case
Fibrous dysplasia (polyostotic)

Diagnosis certain
Published 03 Jun 2018
92% complete
MRIX-rayNuclear medicine
Case
Fibrous dysplasia - polyostotic form

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 27 Oct 2010
74% complete
Nuclear medicineX-rayCT
Case
First metatarsophalangeal joint prosthesis loosening without infection

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 25 Mar 2017
79% complete
Nuclear medicine
Case
Giant cell tumor

Diagnosis certain
Published 25 Feb 2010
73% complete
X-rayMRINuclear medicine
Case
Giant cell tumor - femur

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 20 Oct 2010
45% complete
Nuclear medicineCTX-rayMRI
Case
Giant cell tumor of bone

Diagnosis certain
Published 16 Dec 2014
88% complete
X-rayNuclear medicine
Case
Giant cell tumor of bone
Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Jan 2013
86% complete
CTX-rayNuclear medicine
Case
Giant humeral enostosis

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 29 May 2018
77% complete
MRIX-rayNuclear medicine
Case
Golden arches sign

Diagnosis certain
Published 24 Aug 2018
57% complete
Nuclear medicine
Case
Healing non-ossifying fibroma

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 14 Mar 2017
80% complete
MRINuclear medicineX-ray
Case
Honda sign

Diagnosis certain
Published 06 Mar 2016
66% complete
Nuclear medicine
Case
Honda sign

Diagnosis certain
Published 08 Mar 2016
72% complete
Nuclear medicine
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Honda sign

Diagnosis certain
Published 08 Mar 2016
63% complete
Nuclear medicine
Case
H sign of sacral insufficiency fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 03 Mar 2016
92% complete
Nuclear medicineCT
Case
Hutchinson syndrome

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 17 Apr 2018
75% complete
UltrasoundNuclear medicineCT
Case
Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 09 Jul 2018
72% complete
X-rayNuclear medicine
Case
Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 06 Jun 2017
80% complete
Nuclear medicineX-rayCT
Case
Insufficiency fracture distal tibia

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 18 Mar 2012
72% complete
X-rayNuclear medicine
Case
Insufficiency fracture of the sternum

Diagnosis certain
Published 14 Jun 2015
92% complete
CTNuclear medicine
Case
Intermetatarsal hypertrophic callus bridge with pseudarthrosis

Diagnosis certain
Published 03 Nov 2011
71% complete
CTNuclear medicineX-ray
Case
Langerhans cell histiocytosis involving right humerus

Diagnosis certain
Published 01 Jul 2013
77% complete
MRINuclear medicineX-ray
Case
Langerhans cell histiocytosis: musculoskeletal involvement

Diagnosis certain
Published 11 Aug 2013
74% complete
X-rayCTMRINuclear medicine
Case
Lumbar metastasis

Diagnosis certain
Published 26 Sep 2008
78% complete
Nuclear medicineMRI
Case
Lung metastases from breast cancer

Diagnosis certain
Published 06 Apr 2014
89% complete
Nuclear medicineCTX-ray
Case
Lytic metastasis

Diagnosis certain
Published 15 Jul 2020
91% complete
Nuclear medicine
Case
Malignant carcinoid of the stomach with metastases

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 30 Jun 2013
71% complete
Nuclear medicineCTFluoroscopy
Case
Malignant rhabdoid tumor

Diagnosis certain
Published 19 Dec 2009
50% complete
X-rayMRINuclear medicine
Case
March fracture

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 18 Mar 2012
65% complete
X-rayNuclear medicine
Case
Maxillary sarcoma with metastasis

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 04 Apr 2010
44% complete
MRICTX-rayNuclear medicine
Case
McCune-Albright syndrome - fibrous dysplasia

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 28 Apr 2010
77% complete
CTNuclear medicine
Case
Medial tibial stress syndrome

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 20 Apr 2012
63% complete
Nuclear medicine