Heterotopic ossification mimicking infection. Scintigraphic evaluation

N Nagaraj; A H Elgazzar; M Fernandez-Ulloa

doi:10.1097/00003072-199509000-00001

Heterotopic ossification mimicking infection. Scintigraphic evaluation

Clin Nucl Med. 1995 Sep;20(9):763-6. doi: 10.1097/00003072-199509000-00001.

Authors

N Nagaraj¹, A H Elgazzar, M Fernandez-Ulloa

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, E.L. Saenger Radioisotope Laboratory, Ohio, USA.

PMID: 8521649
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199509000-00001

Abstract

Heterotopic ossification is a disorder of unknown etiology characterized by bone formation in the mesenchymal tissues. It occurs most commonly in patients who have had traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, or joint trauma or surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Citrates
Citric Acid
Diagnosis, Differential
Gallium Radioisotopes
Humans
Knee*
Male
Ossification, Heterotopic / diagnostic imaging*
Radiography
Radionuclide Imaging
Soft Tissue Infections / diagnostic imaging*
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
Thigh

Substances

Citrates
Gallium Radioisotopes
Citric Acid
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate