Acute Osteomyelitis Shown as a Cold Lesion on Bone Scan / 대한핵의학회잡지
Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
;
: 516-520, 2000.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Acute osteomyelitis is usually shown as a localized area of increased activity (hot uptake) in the infectious focus on bone scintigraphy. In our patient, absence of radioactivity (cold lesion) was noted in the distal metaphyseal and diaphyseal regions of his right femur. Initial x-ray was interpreted as normal except for mild soft tissue swelling in the right thigh. The lesion was confirmed as an acute osteomyelitis with subperiosteal abscess on surgery. Staphylococcus aureus was the etiologic organism. We describe a case of acute osteomyelitis in a one-year-old boy shown as a cold lesion on bone scan.
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Main subject:
Osteomyelitis
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Radioactivity
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Thigh
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Radionuclide Imaging
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Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
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Abscess
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Femur
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Year:
2000
Type:
Article
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