title: Scintigraphic detection of osteomyelitis in osteopetrosis.
abstract: RESULTS
  The diagnosis of osteomyelitis in severe osteopetrosis may be difficult since altered bone architecture and fractures veil the typical radiographic signs of inflammation. We present a case of adult osteopetrosis with questionable clinical and radiographic signs of two osteomyelitic foci in the foot.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite severe skeletal disease, the combination of skeletal and leukocyte scintigraphy suggested the diagnosis of infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Puskás
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sciuk
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000150:complications*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging