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Old 04-16-2009, 02:25 PM #4
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Originally Posted by CRPSbe View Post
You're right Karen. In Belgium Dr. F. Someville (not involved with RSD anymore) wrote a paper about how to interpret the bone scan.

In the first stage it will be positive for RSD, it will normalize in later stages and in the final stage a bone scan can be perfectly normal. So it is basically useless as a diagnostic tool, but is often used as such, which endangers patients who happen to be in later stages, if the doctor isn't knowledgeable about RSD.
I am going to bring this up when I go into the doctor next. Thanks so much!!
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