title: [MRI contribution in diagnosis of acute bone infarcts in children with sickle cell disease].
abstract: We analyse MRI findings of nine children with sickle cell disease having painful osseous attacks. The diagnosis of vaso-occlusive crisis was confirmed by negative bacteriology. MRI is useful for determining the anatomic site and the extent of acute infarcts. It gives a global view of osseous abnormalities, and contributes to differentiating acute infarcts from acute osteomyelitis.
authors.affiliation: Service de radiologie, Hôpital Aziza Othmana de Tunis.
authors.forename: Amel Khaled
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Bouden
authors.forename: Chatti
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kaïs
authors.forename: Najmeddine B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Abdallah
authors.forename: Nour Houda
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Kraiem
authors.forename: Mohamed Moncef
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Jamoussi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000098:blood supply*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male