Diagnostic role of whole body bone scintigraphy in atypical skeletal tuberculosis resembling multiple metastases: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Assadi, Majid ^a   Nabipour, Iraj ^a   Eftekhari, Mohammad ^b   Ebrahimi, Abdolali ^a   Abotorab, Seyed Reza ^c   Salimipour, Hooman ^a   Javadi, Hamid ^d   Vahdat, Katayon ^a   Ghasemikhah, Reza ^a   Saghari, Mohsen ^b  

^a BUSHEHR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PAIN; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 72449208816     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-3-141     Document Type: Article

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