"Cold spot" imaging with gas gangrene in three phase skeletal scintigraphy.
A photon deficient "cold spot" was noted in all three phases of a three phase bone study in a patient with gas gangrene of the foot. The scintigraphic findings correlated with the area of soft tissue gas noted in radiographs.
D000792:Angiography; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005738:Gas Gangrene / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging