Year: 1998 Vol. 64 Ed. 6 - (5º)
Artigos Originais
Pages: 591 to 596
Facial Osteomyelitis in Haemophiliacs Aids Patients - Scintigraphic Evalution.
Author(s):
Marise P. C. Marques*
Sara Wolosker**;
Keywords: chronic sinusitis, AIDS, radionuclides
Abstract:
Six cases of facial osteomyelitis, as a complication of chronic sinusitis in haemophiliacs-AIDS patients are reported. Osteomyelitis was suggested by an increasement of erithrocyte sedimentation rate. The diagnosis was confirmed by a positive 99mTc-MDP scintigraphy. The erithrocyte sedimentation rate and 67-Gallium citrate scans were used in the follow-up of the therapy. The results suggest that MDP scans showed higher sensitivity and specificity to detect the bane disease in sinusitis and Gallium scans valuable tool in the follow-up of the infection.
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