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Osteomyelitis of the head and neck: Sequential radionuclide scanning in diagnosis and therapy
Author(s) -
Kaufman Raymond A.,
Strauss Melvin,
Baum Sheldon
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198501000-00019
Subject(s) - osteomyelitis , medicine , head and neck , sinus (botany) , radiology , frontal sinus , surgery , botany , biology , genus
Sequential technetium and gallium scans of the head and neck were used to confirm the diagnosis of osteomyelitis and us an important therapeutic aid to delineate the transformation of active osteomyelitis to inactive osteomyelitis in 11 cases involving sites in the head and neck. Illustrative cases are presented of frontal sinus and cervical spine osteomyelitis and laryngeal osteochondritis.