title: Pyrophosphate scanning in early frostbite injury.
abstract: Early identification of soft tissue injury is a major problem in the patient with frostbite injury. A patient is presented with a method for early (less than 2 days) identification of nonviable tissue. This is a noninvasive method employing technetium 99m stannous pyrophosphate which was used to accurately predict the level of ultimate amputation.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005528:Foot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005627:Frostbite / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011122:Polyphosphates; D011379:Prognosis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D016698:Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate; D014003:Tin Polyphosphates
chemical_list: D011122:Polyphosphates; D014003:Tin Polyphosphates; C017742:technetium Tc 99m stannous pyrophosphate; D016698:Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate; D013667:Technetium