PET/CT of a Brodie abscess

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 210-

  Strobel, Klaus ^a   Hany, Thomas F ^a   Exner, G Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brodie abscess; Infection; Osteomyelitis; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BRODIE ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIPHYSIS; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; MALE; METAPHYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TIBIA; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; KNEE; OSTEOMYELITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ABSCESS; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746704150     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000204125.79919.44     Document Type: Article

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