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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 1 SPECT/CT standardized uptake values of five cases with medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ)

From: Role of preoperative SPECT/CT standardized uptake values in medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: a preliminary study of SPECT/CT in relation to cone-beam CT and histopathological findings of the resected bone of mandibulectomy

Case

Age (years)

Gender

Underlying disease

Medication

Stage

Maximum standardized uptake value

Mean standardized uptake value

MRONJ

Right

Left

MRONJ

Right

Left

1

74

Female

Bone metastases from breast cancer

Denosumab

2

14.0

11.0

6.61

5.50

3.43

2.55

2

82

Female

Osteoporosis

Denosumab

2

19.0

6.39

5.51

5.59

2.85

2.59

3

83

Female

Osteoporosis

Minodronate

2

16.1

9.90

8.47

4.87

2.62

2.54

4

85

Female

Osteoporosis

Minodronate

3

28.6

8.00

6.14

4.62

2.39

2.39

5

88

Female

Osteoporosis

Minodronate

3

20.0

6.98

9.38

6.78

2.04

3.37

Mean ± SD

    

19.5 ± 5.6

8.5 ± 2.0

7.2 ± 1.6

5.5 ± 0.8

2.7 ± 0.5

2.7 ± 0.4

P value

    

–

.001

 < .001

–

 < .001

 < .001

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