MRI diagnosis of osteomyelitis of the cuboid bone in two infants

P Peene; M Raes; P Alliet; I Celis; E Bijnens; C Thywissen; R Vervloesem

doi:10.1007/s002470050437

MRI diagnosis of osteomyelitis of the cuboid bone in two infants

Pediatr Radiol. 1998 Sep;28(9):677-80. doi: 10.1007/s002470050437.

Authors

P Peene¹, M Raes, P Alliet, I Celis, E Bijnens, C Thywissen, R Vervloesem

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Virga Jesse Ziekenhuis, Stadsomvaart 11, B-3500 Hasselt, Belgium.

PMID: 9732491
DOI: 10.1007/s002470050437

Abstract

We describe two infants in whom MRI diagnosed osteomyelitis of the cuboid bone when conventional X-rays were negative. Neoplastic, traumatic and ischaemic aetiologies could be excluded with the initial MR examinations.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Child, Preschool
Clindamycin / therapeutic use
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Infant
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Osteomyelitis / diagnosis*
Osteomyelitis / drug therapy
Tarsal Bones / pathology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Clindamycin