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Extensive Photopenic Osteomyelitis

Division of Nuclear Medicine, Departments of Radiology and Orthopedic Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C.

Correspondence: For correspondence or reprints contact: Patrice K. Rehm, MD, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Gorman 2005, Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Rd. NW, Washington, D.C. 20007-2113.

ABSTRACT

We present a case of a previously healthy child whose osteomyelitis and septic arthritis resulted in unusually extensive photopenia on bone scintigraphy. Uptake was absent in the humeral shaft and proximal epiphysis and decreased in the proximal physis. The subsequent complicated clinical course, including surgical interventions, and bone scans is described.

Key Words: bone scintigraphy • photopenic osteomyelitis • septic arthritis