title: Immunoscintigraphy as an adjunct to diagnostic imaging in septic sacroiliitis. Report of a case.
abstract: Septic sacroiliitis in childhood is a relatively rare condition. We describe a case of septic sacroiliitis occurring in an 11-year-old girl in whom the diagnosis was suspected on clinical findings and bone scan. Immunoscintigraphy with 99mTc-labelled antigranulocyte antibodies further supported the hypothesis for a septic origin of the disease. The clinical evolution clinched the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Institutes of Radiologic Sciences, 2nd University of Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Rambaldi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ambrosone
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mansi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Torino
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Del Vecchio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rambaldi
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D016719:Radioimmunodetection / Q000379:methods; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents