title: The case of the missing vault: a "cold" bone lesion following electrical burn.
abstract: Osteonecrosis of the skull produced by an electrical burn presented as a dramatic "cold" bone lesion on an MDP bone scan, despite normal skull radiographs. Four months later the skull radiograph showed marked bone resorption, and the three-phase bone scan confirmed healing and new osteoblastic activity. The pathophysiology of high-voltage injuries is outlined.
mesh_terms: D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*