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Scintigraphic features of Morquio's syndrome: a case report
Bjoern Kitzing1, Kevin C Allman
1Department of PET and Nuclear Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Road, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. bkitzing@gmail.com.
Introduction:
To the best of our knowledge, we present for the first time the bone scintigraphy findings of a patient with Morquio's syndrome.
Case Presentation:
A 46-year-old Caucasian man with Morquio's syndrome presented with lower back pain six weeks after a left total hip replacement. A whole body bone scan demonstrated an anthropomorphic skeletal pattern consistent with a mucopolysaccharide storage disease, thereby showing the cause of the patient's pain.
Conclusions:
To the best of our knowledge, the bone scintigraphy findings of a case of Morquio's syndrome have never before been published. We present our case report to add to the knowledge we have of this rare disease.
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