title: Diagnosis of acute bone pain using isotope bone imaging.
abstract: Twenty-one patients with acute bone pain in areas other than the scaphoid were referred for isotope bone imaging directly from the A&E department. Of these scans 61% were positive. The various pathologies seen included stress fractures, osteomyelitis and bony metastases. Implications of the findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Accident and Emergency Department, Southampton General Hospital, England.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reichl
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sleet
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010146:Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging