These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Case report: complete photopenia of the femoral head on radionuclide bone scanning in septic arthritis of the hip.
    Author: Gash A, Walker CR, Carty H.
    Journal: Br J Radiol; 1994 Aug; 67(800):816-8. PubMed ID: 8087490.
    Abstract:
    Three cases of septic arthritis of the hip are presented. In each case, radionuclide bone scanning, using 99Tcm diphosphonate (MDP), demonstrated complete photopenia of the femoral head. All three cases resulted in avascular necrosis and subsequently had a poor clinical outcome with a reduced range of movement and radiographic epiphyseal deformity. Complete photopenia in the presence of suspected sepsis requires urgent referral with a view to exploration and decompression.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]