Tc-99m MDP Uptake Secondary to Soft Tissue Extravasation of Calcium Gluconate in a Newborn Thought to Have Osteomyelitis

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 653-655

  Orellana, Pilar ^a   Velasquez, Claudia ^a   Meneses, Luis ^a   Urioste, Alberto ^a   Carreño, Juan Eduardo ^a   García, Cristian J ^a   Sabroso, Felix ^a   Cruces, Pablo ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Calcium Gluconate; Hypocalcemia; Neonate; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

GLUCONATE CALCIUM; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HAND DISEASE; HEMOPERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OSTEOMYELITIS; RADIOISOTOPE DIAGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATION; SOFT TISSUE RADIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; SCINTISCANNING;

CALCIUM GLUCONATE; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OSTEOMYELITIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE;

EID: 0036730167     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200209000-00009     Document Type: Article

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