title: [Negative bone scintigraphy in osteomyelitis in children. Difficulties in interpretation].
abstract: The authors relate 7 cases of hematogenous osteomyelitis in children where skeletal scintigraphy with TC 99m diphosphonate was said as normal. They analyse the lack of positive radionuclide findings; misinterpretation, abnormal tracer accumulation which probably relates to regional hyperemia, transient area of discreased uptake of the tracer in the early phase of the disease and real negative bone scan; these cases are rare; when there is a high suspicion of osteomyelitis in spite of a normal bone scan Gallium imaging may be helpful.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004164:Diphosphonates; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D017556:Technetium Compounds
chemical_list: D004164:Diphosphonates; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D017556:Technetium Compounds; D013667:Technetium; C029045:technetium Tc 99m diphosphonate
vernacular_title: La scintigraphie osseuse négative dans l'ostéomyélite de l'enfant. Difficulté d'interprétation.