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Peripheral Joint Imaging: Variations in Normal Children

Ochsner Clinic and Ochsner Foundation Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana

Correspondence: For reprints contact Mrs. Theresa K. Setze, Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, La. 70121.

ABSTRACT

Peripheral joint imaging in children, using the radiopharmaceutical ^99mTcO₄^– and ^99mTc-DTPA, reveals areas of unusual isotope localization not seen in adults. These areas correspond to regions of new bone growth. Factors to be considered in evaluating the pediatric joint study include the age of patient, the time when the study was completed after injection of the radiopharmaceutical, and the actual radiopharmaceutical used in the study.