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The Journal of Nuclear Medicine Vol. 17 No. 7 617-619
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Unusual Bone-Scan Findings in Acute Osteomyelitis: Case Report

Lincoln D. Russin and Edward V. Staab

University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Correspondence: For reprints contact: Edward V. Staab, Dept. of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.

ABSTRACT

In osteomyelitis, bone-scan findings precede the appearance of bone changes on radiographs. In cases where focal ischemia occurs, the earliest scan finding may be a "cold" area that later becomes "hot" as active periostitis develops.




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