Extramedullary fat fluid level on MRI as a specific sign for osteomyelitis

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 443-446

  Hui, Cathryn L ^a   Naidoo, Parm ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extramedullary fat; Fat fluid level; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FAT;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; LABORATORY TEST; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIQUID; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS;

EID: 0347091979     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2003.01217.x     Document Type: Article

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