Diagnosis of acute bone pain using isotope bone imaging.
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Diagnosis of acute bone pain using isotope bone imaging.
Twenty-one patients with acute bone pain in areas other than the scaphoid were referred for isotope bone imaging directly from the A&E department. Of these scans 61% were positive. The various pathologies seen included stress fractures, osteomyelitis and bony metastases. Implications of the findings are discussed.
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 1988
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.5.3.169