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Systematic Assessment of Mammalian Skull Specimens for Dental and Temporomandibular Joint Pathology
Published on: August 22, 2022
Tc99m MDP bone SPECT in a case of osteomyelitis of the skull
Ravinder Singh Sethi1, Br Mittal, Anish Bhattacharya
1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Abstract:
A seven-year-old male child presented with swelling at the left temporal region. His skull X-ray was normal. A three-phase bone scan showed increased blood flow, soft tissue activity, and increased tracer concentration in the left temporal region. Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging of the skull revealed full thickness involvement of the left temporal bone. Our case report shows that, in osteomyelitis of the skull, SPECT imaging provides significantly more information for identifying the extent and thickness of bone involvement.
