Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis: Bone scan appearance [Persian]

Authors

  • Mahasti Amoui Department of Nuclear Medicine and Pediatrics, Shohada Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Yousef Jafroodi Department of Nuclear Medicine and Pediatrics, Shohada Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:

Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis in not uncommon in the countries with tuberculosis. The clinical onest is insidious and sometimes nonspecific, resulting in delay or misdiagnosis. Bone scan appearance is presented in some reports, as multiple abnormal accumulations of tracer. This report describes an unusual presentation of multifocal skeletal tuberculosis.

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volume 7  issue 1

pages  36- 41

publication date 1999-12-01

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