Specific or Superfluous? Doubtful Clinical Value of Granulocyte Scintigraphy in Osteomyelitis in Children
| Autor: | Sylvie Kaiser, Hans Jacobsson, Georg Hirsch |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Fever Pain Technetium Tc 99m Medronate Granulocyte Scintigraphy Sensitivity and Specificity Bone and Bones medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Prospective Studies Child Radionuclide Imaging False Negative Reactions Radioisotopes medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Osteomyelitis Antibodies Monoclonal Technetium Magnetic resonance imaging medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Radiography medicine.anatomical_structure Bone scintigraphy Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Clinical value Female Nuclear medicine business Granulocytes |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Part B. 10:109-112 |
| ISSN: | 1060-152X |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00009957-200104000-00006 |
| Popis: | To study the clinical usefulness of granulocyte scintigraphy, eight children with clinical, laboratory and/or radiologic findings strongly suggestive of osteomyelitis were prospectively evaluated. Comparison was made with bone scintigraphy and magnetic resonance imaging. In adults, granulocyte scintigraphy is highly infection specific, although nonspecific findings (i.e. photopenic lesions) may also occur. Granulocyte scintigraphy was positive in one patient, false-negative in two and demonstrated nonspecific photopenic lesions in five children (62%). In conclusion, there appears to be little place for granulocyte scintigraphy in routine investigation of suspected ostoemyelitis in children. |
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