Author(s)

Olatoundé Herbert Fachinan^1,2, El Hadji Lamine Bathily^2,3, Mamadou Salif Djigo^2,3, Gilles David Houndétoungan⁴, Djibrillou Moussa Issoufou⁵, Boucar Ndong³, Kuassi Marcellin Amoussou-Guénou⁴, Mamadou Mbodj^2,3

¹Institut de Formation en Soins Infirmiers et Obstétricaux, Université de Parakou, Parakou, Bénin.
²Service de Médecine Nucléaire, Hôpital Général Idrissa Pouye, Dakar, Sénégal.
³Laboratoire de Biophysique, Médecine Nucléaire, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénegal.
⁴Unité D’Enseignement et de Recherche de Biophysique et Médecine Nucléaire, Faculté des Sciences de Santé, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Bénin.
⁵Département de Médecine Nucléaire, Institut des Radio-Isotopes, Niamey, Niger.

The aim of this study was to highlight the contribution of bone scintigraphy in the assessment of extension of osteophilic cancers in Senegal. This was a retrospective study, with a descriptive and analytical purpose, carried out over a period of four (04) years between January 01, 2018 and December 31, 2021. It focused on the files of patients who underwent bone scintigraphy for extension assessment of an osteophilic cancer during the study period. According to the study, prostate cancer was by far the most representative primary cancer (86.9%). Scintigraphy contributed in 75% of cases (362 cases) with 35% positive scintigraphy and 40% negative scintigraphy. The result was doubtful in 25% of cases (120 cases). The metastatic lesions were located preferentially at the level of the axial skeleton and only one case was of an exclusive appendicular site. More than half of patients with metastases (70%) had a poor prognosis with the SOLOWAY score greater than or equal to II. With the improvement of the nuclear imaging technical platform in Senegal (performance of SPECT/CT examinations), doubtful cases in our sample could be better explored with the advantage of adequate patient care.

Bone Scintigraphy, Osteophilic Cancers, Bone Metastases

Fachinan, O. , Bathily, E. , Djigo, M. , Houndétoungan, G. , Issoufou, D. , Ndong, B. , Amoussou-Guénou, K. and Mbodj, M. (2023) Contribution of Scintigraphy in the Assessment of Extension of Osteophilic Cancers in Senegal from 2018 to 2021. Open Journal of Biophysics, 13, 1-13. doi: 10.4236/ojbiphy.2023.131001.