Published February 1983 | Version v1
Journal article

Difficulty of diagnosing infected hypertrophic pseudarthrosis by radionuclide imaging

  • 1. Department of Orthopedics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Hypertrophic pseudarthrosis was studied with /sup 99m/Tc MDP and 67Ga citrate in 11 patients. Two of the 11 pseudarthroses were complicated by infection. A high concentration of both radiopharmaceuticals was obtained at all 11 sites and their distribution patterns were identical. It was therefore impossible to distinguish the infected from the noninfected pseudarthroses by using 67Ga

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Journal Title
Clin. Nucl. Med.
Journal Volume
8
Journal Issue
2
Series
Clin. Nucl. Med.
Journal Page Range
45-49
ISSN
0363-9762