CT scan found Bone Iland on hip

determined2018

Yesterday I had a CT scan and bone scan my mo ordered for me. CT scan all seemed fine except for ill-defined sclerotic lesion in the posterior right acetabulum may reflect bone island. Still waiting for results of bone scan. Everything I’ve looked with this description points to Sclerotic osteoblastic metastases which is common with breast cancer. Any insight would be helpful.

Thank you

melmcbee

Thinking about you. I have a bone island. But I also have multiple small bone mets that showed up on CT but the bone scan was negative. Mets was diagnosed with bone biopsy. My mets didnt show up on bone scan cause they were too small. I did have mri which showed them. Most radiologist can tell a bone island from mets. Good luck. Hug

determined2018

Thank you! Still waiting for my results from the Bone Scan. Waiting is the worst part sometimes.

KBeee

Waiting is so hard. Keep us posted. Hoping this is benign.

determined2018

Bone scan did not mention anything about the Bone Island. Do you know which is better for BC metastisis. CT or Bon

KBeee

I believe bone svan

HersheyKiss

My radiologist told me that a metastasis would show up on a bone scan before it would on a CT.

determined2018

My bone scan was negative too. My MO seems to think all if fine. I’m concerned with the ill-defined sclerotic lesion the CT found. How did you persue to go ahead even though bone scan was negative?

Thank you

NancyHB

determined - incidental findings on scans are confusing and - lets be honest - scary. Bone islands are one of several incidental findings that can look like metastatic lesions on CT; bone scans are a good way to “sort out" things that appear on CTs. My MO had said that a lesion that appears on a CT is something to explore; if it appears also on a bone scan they feel the correlation supports a diagnosis of metastasis (that's how my rib and ternal lesions were discovered). I also have a bone island on my left iliac crest, and what we think is a hemangioma on my L2 and L3. All show up on every CT scan - but never on my bone scan.

If you're still concerned you could ask for a follow-up scan in a few months to check for progression.

melmcbee

I also had mri of both thoracic and lumbar that the report said breast cancer mets so it was my oncologist that wanted the biopsy. Bone scan was negative because they were small. Radiologist said for me to follow up with CT. Your private message is turned off. Healing hug