Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis: early diagnosis with computed tomography.
Increased medullary CT attenuation values were invariably recorded in affected regions in 7 patients with osteomyelitis. The results indicate that it is possible to detect bone marrow involvement of osteomyelitis by CT before the appearance of bony changes on routine roentgen films.
D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013977:Tibia; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed