European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
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Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging · May 2007
Diagnostic value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in trauma patients with suspected chronic osteomyelitis.
To retrospectively evaluate the diagnostic value of (18)F-FDG PET/CT in trauma patients with suspected chronic osteomyelitis. ⋯ (18)F-FDG PET/CT is a highly sensitive and specific method for the evaluation of chronic infection in the axial and appendicular skeleton in patients with trauma. PET/CT allows precise anatomical localisation and characterisation of the infectious focus and demonstrates the extent of chronic osteomyelitis with a high degree of accuracy.