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99mTc-MDP bone scan may help in identifying the presence of sesamoiditis as a focally increased uptake of the radioactive tracer [26].

ESR values and MRI scan may help to identify osteomyelitis patients and differentiate acute and subacute osteomyelitis.

Finally, single-photon emission computed tomography scanning may help unravel important details at the tissue level.

Technetium bone scan may reveal increased uptake in a symptomatic accessory navicular, although this finding may not be specific [13].

The bone scan may be used as part of an evaluation protocol for a new cancer therapy.

Therefore, we suggest that bone scan may be unnecessary for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma restricted to mucosa.

Screening for primary site recurrence (e.g. colonoscopy) is also clearly important and an isotope bone scan may be useful.

A recently positive bone scan will reflect the presence of metastases, whereas a persistently positive bone scan may represent the healing process continuing and the effect of hormonal therapy, rather than persistence of active metastases.

Bone scans may show an increase in radioisotope uptake.

Bone scanning may not be needed when patients have had a CT scan.

Bone metastases which elicit enough osteoblastic activity to be detected on bone scanning may be beyond ablation by this method.