Clinical Study
99mTc-DMSA (V) in Evaluation of Osteosarcoma: Comparative Studies with 18F-FDG PET/CT in Detection of Primary and Malignant Lesions
Table 1
Patient’s characteristics.
| Characteristics | No. of patients (%) |
| Total no. of patients | 22 |
| Sex | | (i) Male | 14 (63.6%) | (ii) Female | 8 (36.4%) |
| Age | | (i) Age range | 8–66 years | (ii) Mean age | 21.55 years |
| Prechemotherapy | 19 | Postchemotherapy | 3 |
| Primary site of osteosarcoma | | (i) Femur | 11 (50%) | (ii) Humerus | 3 (13.6%) | (iii) Tibia | 3 (13.6%) | (iv) Fibula | 2 (9.1%) |
| Other sites | | (i) Chest | 1 (4.5%) | (ii) Clavicle | 1 (4.5%) | (iii) Jaw | 1 (4.5%) |
| No. of patients with lung metastasis on CT | 10 |
| No. of patients having distant metastases | 1 |
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