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Title: Osteomyelitis of the head and neck: sequential radionuclide scanning in diagnosis and therapy

Journal Article · · Laryngoscope; (United States)

Sequential technetium and gallium scans of the head and neck were used to confirm the diagnosis of osteomyelitis and as an important therapeutic aid to delineate the transformation of active osteomyelitis to inactive osteomyelitis in 11 cases involving sites in the head and neck. Illustrative cases are presented of frontal sinus and cervical spine osteomyelitis and laryngeal osteochondritis.

OSTI ID:
5709624
Journal Information:
Laryngoscope; (United States), Vol. 95:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English