Differential diagnosis between osteomyelitis and bone tumors

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 928-933

  Shimose, S ^a   Sugita, T ^b   Kubo, T ^b   Matsuo, T ^b   Nobuto, H ^b   Ochi, M ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bone tumor; Osteomyelitis; Penumbra sign

Indexed keywords

BONE; DIAGNOSIS; ONCOLOGY; RESONANCE;

BONE TUMOR; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE (MR); OSTEOMYELITIS; PENUMBRA SIGN; RADIOLOGICAL FEATURES; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; THIN LAYERING;

TUMORS;

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE TUMOR; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; RADIUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIBIA;

EID: 51849086463     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850802241809     Document Type: Article

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