title: Radionuclide bone scintigraphy in pediatric orthopedics.
abstract: Radionuclide bone scintigraphy is highly sensitive and specific for diagnosing the musculoskeletal disorders of childhood. Conditions such as neonatal osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, diskitis of childhood, Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, the osteochondroses, the "toddler's fracture," sports injuries, spondylolysis, myositis ossificians, and reflex sympathetic dystrophy are readily defined. High-quality state-of-the-art scintigraphy is essential in infants and young children.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods