Pyomyositis mimicking osteomyelitis detected by SPET/CT

Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 177-179

  Abdullah, Zuhair Saleh ^a   Khan, Muhammad Umar ^a   Kodali, Sunil Kumar ^a   Javaid, Amir ^b  

^a AL JAHRA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b FARWANIYA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Bone scan; Osteomyelitis; Pyomyositis; SPET CT

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PYOMYOSITIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 78650633410     PISSN: 11081430     EISSN: 17905427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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