title: Osteomyelitis in tropical pyomyositis: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Kinderklinik, Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fusch
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huenges
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Müller-Schauenburg
mesh_terms: 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