Scintigraphic Findings in a Brodie??s Abscess
| Autor: | Elba Orduña, Frieda Silva, Reinaldo Laguna, MarÌa Acevedo, CarmiÑa RuÌz |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Radiography chemistry.chemical_element Gallium Radioisotopes Technetium Tc 99m Medronate Scintigraphy Technetium Bone Infection medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radionuclide Imaging Abscess Femoral neck medicine.diagnostic_test Femur Neck business.industry Osteomyelitis General Medicine medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Child Preschool Female Radiology Osteitis business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 20:913-915 |
| ISSN: | 0363-9762 |
| Popis: | A 9-year-old girl had a 6-month history of left hip pain. Radiographs of the left hip showed a metaphyseal osteolytic lesion with sclerotic borders in the femoral neck. Tc-99m MDP bone imaging and a Ga-67 scan showed focal areas of increased activity in the left femoral neck. These areas of increased uptake corresponded to a lytic area on x-rays, which was due to a Brodie's abscess. The combination of Tc-99m MDP bone and Ga-67 imaging has been widely used in the confirmation of bone infection, increasing the accuracy in the diagnosis of osteomyelitis. However, nuclear scintigraphy has not been previously reported in the confirmation of a Brodie's abscess. |
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