[Axial and semi-axial views of the pelvis in bone scintigraphy. Technic, anatomy, limitations, possibilities].

A new method of skeletal scintigraphy offering axial views of the pelvis is described. The anatomy, method of examination, limits and advantages of the axial pelvis views are given by reporting on the scintigraphic examinations (167 axial pelvis views) of 50 patients with 52 increased uptakes of the isotope in the pelvis region. The standard ventral and dorsal pelvis views represented all increased uptakes. However, when employing the axial views the localisation and extent of the tracer accumulation could be more precisely determined in 73%. In 27% no additional information was given. This new method is characterized by the opportunity of distinguishing more clearly between the increased bone uptakes and the activity in the urinary bladder. This distinction was given in 24% of increased bone uptakes in the regions of the pubic bones, the symphysis, the sacrum and the coccyx.