Bilateral Tibial Osteomyelitis in a Patient with Sickle Cell Anemia

Bilateral Tibial Osteomyelitis in a Patient with Sickle Cell Anemia

A case of bilateral tibial osteomyelitis in a young black woman with a history of multiple sickle cell crises, suspected of having acute Infarction, is presented. Although the radiographs are inconclusive, bone and gallium studies suggested osteomyelitis with follow-up delayed bone scan consistent w...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical nuclear medicine 1992-04, Vol.17 (4), p.316-321
Hauptverfasser: VELUVOLU, PURUSHOTHAM, WENDLAND, DOUGLAS, SELL, THOMAS L, WEIR, JOHN G, MILLER, RICHARD W, GILBERT, ANDREA
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Anemia, Sickle Cell - complications
Bone and Bones - blood supply
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Infarction - diagnostic imaging
Infarction - etiology
Osteomyelitis - diagnostic imaging
Osteomyelitis - etiology
Radionuclide Imaging
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
Tibia
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Zusammenfassung:A case of bilateral tibial osteomyelitis in a young black woman with a history of multiple sickle cell crises, suspected of having acute Infarction, is presented. Although the radiographs are inconclusive, bone and gallium studies suggested osteomyelitis with follow-up delayed bone scan consistent with successful antibiotic treatment.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/00003072-199204000-00013