Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Acute Osteomyelitis by Bone Scan
| Autor: | Ellen R. Wald, J C Gartner, R Mirro |
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| Rok vydání: | 1980 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Methylene diphosphonate chemistry.chemical_element Technetium Bone and Bones 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Methods medicine Humans Radionuclide imaging Femur Radionuclide Imaging Tibia Acute osteomyelitis business.industry Osteomyelitis chemistry Fibula Child Preschool Acute Disease Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Radiology business Technetium-99m |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Pediatrics. 19:597-600 |
| ISSN: | 1938-2707 0009-9228 |
| Popis: | Two patients with acute osteomyelitis had technetium 99m methylene di phosphonate bone images that were misinterpreted. A review of six prospective evaluations of technetium scanning in the diagnosis of acute osteomyelitis shows that bone image interpretation may be misleading in five to seven per cent of pediatric patients. Definitive diagnostic procedures and management should not be delayed until a positive bone scan is obtained, if the clinical findings are persuasive. |
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