Nuclear medicine imaging in rhabdomyolysis.
A case of severe rhabdomyolysis is reported in which, some seven and one-half weeks after its occurrence, a gallium scan was strongly positive, due to abscess formation in the damaged muscle. A bone scan was weakly positive in the same area, due to gallium photons. A review of the the reported cases reveals that bone scans are a very sensitive indicator of acute muscle damage and are useful to monitor its repair.
D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000652:urine; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013848:Thigh; D013997:Time Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes