The radionuclide bone scan is one of the most commonly performed pediatric nuclear
medicine procedures. Bone scintigraphy is used as the diagnostic procedure of choice for …

Purpose: To demonstrate the combined use of scintigraphy and ultrasonography (US) in
differentiating osteomyelitis from bone infarction in sickle cell disease. Material and …

We investigated the capability of color Doppler sonography in evaluating acute osteomyelitis
in children. Twelve children suspected of having osteomyelitis were evaluated with color …

Ultrasound (US) is a proven method of identifying subperiosteal abscess formation in
osteomyelitis, but its precise role in the management of children with the condition is …

Most clinicians are aware of the exquisite sensitivity but nonspecificity of nuclear medicine
techniques. The many advances in instrumentation, computer hardware and software, and …

Bone scintigraphy is an excellent tool to assess bone viability. The functional information
provided is crucial in several clinical settings, like the detection of avascular necrosis, septic …

The practice of nuclear medicine in children is different from that in adults. Technical
considerations including immobilization, dosing of radiopharmaceuticals, and …

The most common form of Gaucher's disease, type 1 (chronic non-neuronopathic), results in
accumulation of glucocerebroside in reticuloendothelial cells of the spleen, liver and bone …

We present a case of a previously healthy child whose osteomyelitis and septic arthritis
resulted in unusually extensive photopenia on bone scintigraphy. Uptake was absent in the …

A seven-year-old male child presented with swelling at the left temporal region. His skull X-
ray was normal. A three-phase bone scan showed increased blood flow, soft tissue activity …