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Query: UMLS:C0039483 (giant cell arteritis)
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Radionuclide bone scintigraphy is a sensitive but not a specific technique for the diagnosis of bone metastases. Three patients, a man of 67 on steroid therapy because of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and prostate cancer, a woman of 76 on steroid therapy because of temporal arteritis and a 50-year-old man with pain in the back, had bone scintigrams showing abnormal uptake (hot spots). There were delays of months before the diagnosis of osteoporosis instead of bone metastases was made. Abnormal uptake on a bone scintigram is often non-specific and requires further evaluation using supplementary diagnostic techniques.
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PMID:[Hot spots: metastases or osteoporosis?]. 934 May 50

The case is reported of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) in a patient with giant cell arteritis and prostate cancer, and the relevant literature reviewed. To the present authors' knowledge, this is the first case to be reported where NBTE coexists with both arteritis and cancer. NBTE is difficult to diagnose if the underlying disease is accompanied by fever. If a diagnosis of probable infective endocarditis is established, the cultures and serology are negative, and there is no response to antibiotic treatment, then NBTE should be considered.
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PMID:Factors associated with non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis: case report and literature review. 1635 71