The authors examined 83 patients by the three-phase scintigraphy of elbows between 1998 and 2003. They found out chronic entesopathies in 71 patients of the sample referred to the orthopaedic examination due to suspected disease of upper extremities due to overload. The three-phase scintigraphy was positive only in 46 % of patients examined. The significant correspondence of clinical and scintigraphy findings was not found neither in ulnar nor radial entesopathies including their concurrence. As concerns additional diagnoses, the syndrome of carpal tunnel was found in 32 % of patients and arthrotic changes on elbow joints in 20 % of patients – there were mild nonsignificant changes. Positive correlation between orthopaedic and scintigraphy findings was neither found in next 12 patients referred by the orthopaedic specialist to the scintigraphy without suspicion on occupational origin. Authors conclude that further detailed follow-up in a larger sample is necessary. They do not doubt the diagnostic contribution of the three-phase scintigraphy, however they think that this method should not be the main criterion in diagnosing entesopathies of elbows currently.

        Key words: entesopathy, three-phase scintigraphy of elbows, overloading upper extremities, occupational disease