Neuroblastoma presenting clinically as hip osteomyelitis: a "signature" diagnosis on skeletal scintigraphy.
At their initial emergency room presentation, four children were thought to have hip osteomyelitis. Skeletal scintigraphy, however, demonstrated multiple areas of abnormal tracer uptake in the bones in all four, and in three there was abnormal uptake in a soft tissue abdominal mass. The skeletal scintigraphic findings promptly led to the correct diagnosis of neuroblastoma.
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Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000469:parasitology; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006615:Hip / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate