Evaluation of whole-body modalities for diagnosis of multifocal osteonecrosis—a pilot study

Background This study aimed to investigate the ability of whole-body bone scintigraphy (WB-BS) in the detection of multifocal osteonecrosis (ON) compared to whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) and to clarify the characteristics of patients with multifocal ON among those with ON of the femoral head (ONFH) using WB-MRI. Methods Forty-six patients who had symptomatic ONFH and underwent surgery in our hospital from April 2019 to October...