[Subperiosteal abscess as a complication of osteomyelitis: usefulness of bone scintigraphy].
We present the case of an unweaned baby girl with acute femoral osteomyelitis. The bone scintigraphy showed diffuse photopenia of the femoral diaphysis. The final diagnosis revealed diaphyseal osteomyelitis complicated by the presence of a subperiostic abscess.
Vallejos
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Servicios de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, España. wallejo@us.hugtip.scs.ed
Rodrigo
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Alonso
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Pérez
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Ruiz
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Ramírez
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D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications*; D010521:Periosteum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging