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Sternal Infarction in Sickle-Cell Anemia: Concise Communication

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, and Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Correspondence: For reprints contact: H. T. Harcke, MD, Div. of Nuclear Medicine, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, 5th and Lehigh Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19133.

ABSTRACT

Bone scintigraphy in six children with sickle-cell anemia has demonstrated infarction of bony segments of the sternum. Anterior oblique views of the thorax provided best visualization of the infarcts which were seen as areas of decreased bone tracer accumulation.

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