title: The value of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of mandibular osteomyelitis.
abstract: Our aim was to evaluate the accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and bone scintigraphy in the diagnosis of mandibular osteomyelitis. Twenty patients with mandibular osteomyelitis were prospectively investigated by conventional radiography, bone scintigrams and MRI. All diagnoses were verified either by surgery or by the clinical course. There was no significant difference between bone scintigraphy and MRI in the detection of osteomyelitis or the assessment of its extent. MRI was significantly better than scintigraphy at detecting the presence and assessing the extent of extraosseous inflammation. We always use MRI to diagnose osteomyelitis. For long-term follow-up of patients with mandibular osteomyelitis, we recommend MRI and bone scintigraphy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxilloficial Surgery, Plastic Surgery of Head and Neck, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. siegmar.reinert@med.uni-tuebingen.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reinert
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Widlitzek
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Venderink
mesh_terms: D000119:Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
chemical_list: D000119:Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine; C035295:6-O-stearoyl-N-acetylmuramyl-alanylisoglutamine; C023568:technetium Tc 99m (Sn)methylenediphosphonate; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate