TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - Multiple bony injuries on bone scan in a case of unsuspected child abuse JO - Case reports in medicine A1 - Chuang, Ya-Wen A1 - Hsu, Chien-Chin A1 - Chang, Chin-Chuan A1 - Lin, Chia-Yang A1 - Chu, Hsiu-Lan A1 - Huang, Ying-Fong A1 - Tyan, Yu-Chang SP - e3015941 EP - e3015941 VL - 2017 IS - N2 - This case is described of an eleven-month-old infant with lower limbs swelling and the left elbow skeletal malformation following a fall. The radionuclide bone scan was performed to exclude bone infection or congenital skeletal anomaly. The images unexpectedly showed multiple increased radioactive foci throughout the whole body. It was a strong probability of child abuse. All lesions are readily apparent on the following plain film radiographs and MRI.
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LA - en SN - 1687-9627 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3015941 ID - ref1 ER -