Skeletal scintigraphy in the multimodality assessment of young children with acute skeletal symptoms.
The authors review the scintigraphic manifestations of acute osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, transient synovitis, Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, fractures of toddlers, and some systemic conditions that cause skeletal symptoms during childhood. They offer suggestions regarding incorporation of skeletal scintigraphy into a multimodality approach for assessing children with skeletal symptoms.
Connolly
Leonard P
LP
Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. leonard.connolly@tch.harvard.edu
Connolly
Susan A
SA
D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007873:Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013585:Synovitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging