Multimodality Imaging of Well-Defined Osteolytic Lesions

Below is a table describing the anatomic and functional imaging features of well-defined osseous lytic lesions, based on Dr. Clyde Helms’ “FEGNOMASHIC” pneumonic.

References:

Brant WE, Helms CA, eds. Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology, 4th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2012.
Ziessman HA, O’Malley JP, Thrall JH, eds. Nuclear Medicine, the Requisites, 4th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2014.
Manaster BJ, May DA, Dislar, DG, eds. Musculoskeletal Imaging, the Requisites, 4th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2013.
Al-muqbel KM, et al. J Nucl Med Technol 2013;41:308-10.
Ferrer-Santacreu EM, et al. J Oncol 2016; article ID 8262079.
Costelloe CM, et al. AJR 2014;202:W521-531.
Schulte M, et al. J Nucl Med 2000;41:1695-1701.
Jee WH, et al. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1999;23:721-6
Aoki J, et al. Radiology 2001;219;774-777.
Kim HS, et al. Acta Radiol 2011;52:875-880.
Jee WH, et al. Radiology 1998;209:197-202.
Angtuaco EJC, et al. Radiology 2004;231:11-23.
De Schepper AM, et al. Skelet Radiol 1993;22:163-6.
Levine E, et al. AJR 1984;143:343-8.

An educational website focused on the intersection of nuclear medicine and radiology