[A false negative bone scintigram in a biparietal skull fracture in a case of a Battered Child Syndrome].
The case of a small girl is reported who after a head injury showed radiologically two fractures of the skull whereas the bone scintigram done eight days later with 99mTc-DPD was normal. The possible reasons for this discrepancy are discussed.
Kleinhans
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Klinik für Nuklearmedizin, Rheinisch-Westfälische Hochschule Aachen, Klinikum Aachen, FRG.
Kentrup
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H
Alzen
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Skopnik
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H
Büll
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U
D001497:Battered Child Syndrome; D004164:Diphosphonates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D004164:Diphosphonates; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; C033905:technetium Tc 99m 1,1-diphosphonopropane-2,3-dicarboxylic acid