Charcot foot in diabetes and an update on imaging

Diabetic Foot and Ankle

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ergen, Fatma Bilge ^a   Sanverdi, Saziye Eser ^b   Oznur, Ali ^c  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Integra Medical Imaging Center   (Turkey)

^c GÜVEN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Charcot foot; Complications; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic foot; Diagnostic imaging

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

BONE INFECTION; BONE MARROW EDEMA; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84887946553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2000625X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/dfa.v4i0.21884     Document Type: Review

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