[Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis--exclusion with Turbo-STIR sequence?].
The timely diagnosis and early initiation of antibiotic therapy determine the clinical course of an acute hematogenous osteomyelitis. Consequently, a fast and efficient MRI examination protocol is crucial. We retrospectively evaluated various MR sequences used in the examination of 8 children having osteomyelitis. The examinations were conducted using a 0.5 T MR machine. All patients had a high signal intensity of the lesion in the IR sequence with fat suppression (turbo-STIR). An acute osteomyelitis can be excluded in the absence of signal intensity increase in the turbo-STIR sequence without the necessity of having to perform additional sequences.
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Radiologische Klinik, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 153, 69120 Heidelberg. Rainer_Wunsch@ukl.uni-heidelberg.de
Darge
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Rohrschneider
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Zieger
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Tröger
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*