Osteomyelitis in tropical pyomyositis: a case report.
We report a case of acute tropical pyomyositis in a German girl living in Tanzania. The course of the disease was complicated by osteomyelitis affecting the humerus, which is unusual in tropical pyomyositis. Diagnosis of the osteomyelitis was difficult because a scintigram showed depressed bone activity during the isotope influx and bloodpool phase. The bone phase was abnormal with irregular hypo- and hyperfixation of tracer.
Fusch
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Universitäts-Kinderklinik, Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany.
Huenges
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Müller-Schauenburg
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D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013492:Suppuration; D013636:Tanzania