title: Early acute hematogenous osteomyelitis detected by bone scintigraphy but not MRI.
abstract: Early diagnosis of acute hematogenous osteomyelitis (AHO) is crucial for effective management and to reduce the potential risk of lifelong deformities in pediatric patients. Both bone scintigraphy and MRI as current diagnostic imaging claim their high sensitivity in early detection of the disease. We present a 9-year-old girl patient with AHO in the distal right tibia, which was demonstrated on bone scintigraphy while a subsequent MRI on the same day was negative.
authors: Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. wichana@gmail.com
authors: Wichana
authors: W
authors: Chamroonrat
authors: Hongming
authors: H
authors: Zhuang
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000842:Ankle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
chemical_list: D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate