title: Bone scintigraphy in mycobacterium avium osteomyelitis: a case report.
abstract: A 30-year-old woman who had a destructive Mycobacterium avium complex infection in the left inguinal fossa affecting the pubic bone underwent three-phase bone scanning to identify other possibly affected sites. Multiple skeletal lesions were seen scattered throughout the vertebral column, sternum, and pelvis. This case is presented to describe a rare extensive metastatic M. avium complex infection in an immunocompromised patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Leiden, The Netherlands. r.b.t.verkooijen@lumc.edu
authors.forename: Robbert R B
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Verkooijen
authors.forename: Marcel P M
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Stokkel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013249:Sternum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D014915:Whole-Body Counting
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C024226:technetium Tc 99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate