Open AccessScintigraphic and radiological correlative and confirmative features obviating invasive biopsy in caffey′s disease
Author(s) -
M Ranadheer,
Santhi Bhushan Murari,
Neralakere Suresha Sujith,
Jayanthi,
Pushpalatha Sudhakar,
Vvs Prabhakar Rao
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.63595
Subject(s) - medicine , radiological weapon , biopsy , radiography , radiology , osteomyelitis , disease , bone biopsy , scintigraphy , bone scintigraphy , pathology , surgery
Caffey's disease is not a common clinical occurrence; it often poses problems in diagnosis due to its close resemblance to osteomyelitis. Initial plain radiographic diagnosis is sometimes fraught with the limitation of not being able to differentiate it from chronic osteomyelitis. Skeletal scintigraphy is sensitive in localizing the disease activity to the radiological features of the affected regions and the characteristic location of the lesions helps make the diagnosis without resorting to biopsy and further workup.