Question

23. According to the SNM guideline on bone scintigraphy from your reading, the usual administered activity for radiopharmaceuticals given to adult patients is in the range of- - example of a radiopharmaceutical that is used for this purpose. MBq injected intravenously and is an 24 is a painful condition of the joints that is associated with high uric acid levels in the blood 25. Severe bone pain when at rest can be an early sign of which is the most common neoplasm of bone.

Answer 1

Answer: 500 MBq, Technetium-99m

( For the bone scintigraphy, the normal range of radiopharmaceutical that should be administered is 500MBq whereas Technetium is used in bone as well as heart scan)

Gout is a painful condition of joints which is related to the increased level of uric acid.

Bone tumors.( The pain occurs mainly at night in the resting position)