Neuroblastoma presenting clinically as hip osteomyelitis: a "signature" diagnosis on skeletal scintigraphy

K Applegate; L P Connolly; S T Treves

Neuroblastoma presenting clinically as hip osteomyelitis: a "signature" diagnosis on skeletal scintigraphy

Pediatr Radiol. 1995 Nov:25 Suppl 1:S93-6.

Authors

K Applegate¹, L P Connolly, S T Treves

Affiliation

¹ Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

PMID: 8577566

Abstract

At their initial emergency room presentation, four children were thought to have hip osteomyelitis. Skeletal scintigraphy, however, demonstrated multiple areas of abnormal tracer uptake in the bones in all four, and in three there was abnormal uptake in a soft tissue abdominal mass. The skeletal scintigraphic findings promptly led to the correct diagnosis of neuroblastoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / parasitology
Bone Neoplasms / complications
Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Bone Neoplasms / secondary*
Child
Child, Preschool
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Hip / diagnostic imaging*
Hip Joint / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Infant
Male
Neuroblastoma / complications
Neuroblastoma / diagnostic imaging*
Neuroblastoma / secondary*
Osteomyelitis / diagnostic imaging*
Osteomyelitis / etiology
Radionuclide Imaging
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate

Substances

Technetium Tc 99m Medronate