Pott's puffy tumor. Scintigraphic findings.
The authors describe the scintigraphic findings of bone and Ga-67 imaging performed on three patients thought to have Pott's puffy tumor. Two patients did indeed have it, but the third patient's "puffy tumor" was a soft tissue abscess.
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Children's Hospital, Camperdown, N.S.W., Australia.
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D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid; D004487:Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005708:Gallium; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013577:Syndrome; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid; D005708:Gallium