Radioactive scanning in diagnosis of acute sacroiliac osteomyelitis
Acute infection of the pelvic bones and of the sacroiliac joint is uncommonly reported. Morgan and Yates, however, found a frequency of 5 percent among all cases of osteomyelitis and Green and associates reported 11 instances of involvement of a pelvic bone in 99 patients with acute hematogenous osteomyelitis. Difficulty in making the correct diagnosis is related primarily to two factors: (1) The disease usually is not included in the early differential diagnosis of inflammatory disease presenting with immobilization of thigh and hip joint and (2) the initial symptoms in the pediatric patient may be quite variable and misleading. Two case reports are presented to illustrate acute infection of the pelvic bones in children. In each patient the initial roentgenograms were interpreted as normal and the diagnosis was suspected because bone scans were abnormal.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of California, San Diego
- OSTI ID:
- 7147977
- Journal Information:
- J. Pediatr.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Pediatr.; (United States) Vol. 87:5; ISSN JOPDA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
BODY AREAS
BONE JOINTS
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
FLUORINE 18
FLUORINE ISOTOPES
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ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
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LIGHT NUCLEI
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ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORGANS
OSTEOMYELITIS
PATIENTS
PELVIS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
SCINTISCANNING
SKELETAL DISEASES
SKELETON
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES