Facial bone scintigraphy. IV. Diagnosis of bone involvement by purulent sinusitis.
Facial bone scintigraphy demonstrated bone tissue involvement by purulent maxillary sinuitis in 11 patients examined. In no case was bone involvement demonstrated by radiography. Bone scintigraphy in this respect appears more sensitive than does conventional radiography.
D005147:Facial Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013667:Technetium
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