Unusual mass-like appearance of tuberculous osteomyelitis

Kantarci M., KARAMAN B., BASEKIM C., INCEDAYI M., MUTLU H., SILDIROGLU O., ...Daha Fazla

CLINICAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE, cilt.31, sa.3, ss.154-156, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000200784.51834.8a
  • Dergi Adı: CLINICAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.154-156
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A 33-year-old woman with chronic tuberculosis was referred to our service with swelling and pain at her right elbow. A lytic lesion in the right distal humerus was found on radiographic examination. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed with suspicion of a lytic tumor, and there was a hypointense lytic mass on T1-weighted images with soft tissue involvement and mild enhancement after contrast administration. Anterior and lateral bone scans with Tc-99m methylene diphosphonate (MDP) revealed increased uptake in only the right distal humerus. The diagnosis was caseous granulomatous osteomyelitis obtained by pathologic examination of the biopsy from the lesion.