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Fever and right lower limb pain. 3 phase bone scan.

Teaching Case

Case presentation:

  • Male.
  • 12 y.o.
  • From 3 days ago: fever and right lower limb pain.
  • Normal Xray. -US: liquid effusion in right knee.

Teaching points:

  • Effusionin US + Increasedblood pool + normal boneuptake = arthritis -Focal uptakesuggestosteomyelitis.
  • Usuallybonescanisnotdone in kneearthritis.
  • Bonescanisimportantin case of hiparthritis.

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