False negative 99m Tc-hydroxymethane diphosphonate three-phase bone scintigraphy and 99m Tc-besilesomab scan in detecting tibia osteomyelitis concomitant with necrotizing fasciitis
We described a case of 51-year-old female patient presented with a right calf necrotising fasciitis (NF) where osteomyelitis (OM) was suspected. 99m Tc-hydroxymethane diphosphonate three-phase bone scintigraphy and 99m Tc-besilosomab scan failed to demonstrate classical features of OM. The final dia...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2014-01-01
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| Series: | World Journal of Nuclear Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.wjnm.org/article.asp?issn=1450-1147;year=2014;volume=13;issue=3;spage=190;epage=192;aulast=Tan |