Occult epiphyseal bone abscess: Lessons for the unwary

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-183

  Solomon, Michael ^a   Stening, Michael ^a   Macdessi, Samuel ^a   Shearman, Christine ^b   Pereira, John ^b   Hiew, Chee Chung ^b   Van Der Wall, Hans ^c  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone abscess; Computed tomography scan; Epiphyseal osteomyelitis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIPHYSEAL BONE ABSCESS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVITIS;

ABSCESS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EPIPHYSES; HUMANS; INFANT; KNEE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SYNOVITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037803487     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0004-8461.2003.01148.x     Document Type: Article

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