Atlas of Bone Scintigraphy in the Developing Paediatric Skeleton

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VIII

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2. Introduction

   • Klaus Hahn, Sibylle Fischer, Isky Gordon

   Pages 1-6

3. Age 0–6 Months

   • Klaus Hahn, Sibylle Fischer, Isky Gordon

   Pages 7-16

4. Age 6–12 Months

   • Klaus Hahn, Sibylle Fischer, Isky Gordon

   Pages 17-27

5. Age 1–2 Years

   • Klaus Hahn, Sibylle Fischer, Isky Gordon

   Pages 29-40

6. Age 2–3 Years

   • Klaus Hahn, Sibylle Fischer, Isky Gordon

   Pages 41-55

7. Age 3–4 Years

   • Klaus Hahn, Sibylle Fischer, Isky Gordon

   Pages 57-73

8. Age 4–5 Years

   • Klaus Hahn, Sibylle Fischer, Isky Gordon

   Pages 75-88

9. Age 5–6 Years

   • Klaus Hahn, Sibylle Fischer, Isky Gordon

   Pages 89-102

10. Age 6–7 Years

    • Klaus Hahn, Sibylle Fischer, Isky Gordon

    Pages 103-117

11. Age 7–8 Years

    • Klaus Hahn, Sibylle Fischer, Isky Gordon

    Pages 119-134

12. Age 8–9 Years

    • Klaus Hahn, Sibylle Fischer, Isky Gordon

    Pages 135-149

13. Age 9–10 Years

    • Klaus Hahn, Sibylle Fischer, Isky Gordon

    Pages 151-167

14. Age 10–11 Years

    • Klaus Hahn, Sibylle Fischer, Isky Gordon

    Pages 169-184

15. Age 11–12 Years

    • Klaus Hahn, Sibylle Fischer, Isky Gordon

    Pages 185-200

16. Age 12–13 Years

    • Klaus Hahn, Sibylle Fischer, Isky Gordon

    Pages 201-215

17. Age 13–14 Years

    • Klaus Hahn, Sibylle Fischer, Isky Gordon

    Pages 217-231

18. Age 14–15 Years

    • Klaus Hahn, Sibylle Fischer, Isky Gordon

    Pages 233-247

19. Age 15–17 Years

    • Klaus Hahn, Sibylle Fischer, Isky Gordon

    Pages 249-261

20. Age 17–22 Years

    • Klaus Hahn, Sibylle Fischer, Isky Gordon

    Pages 263-272

Radioisotope bone scans of the paediatric skeleton have been undertaken in the Departments of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine on a daily basis. Indications for bone scintigraphy include infection, trauma, primary benign bone tumours, as well as malignancy. Other conditions such as avascular necrosis and certain dysplasias also warrant a bone scan. When faced with a child who is symptomatic, but in whom the diagnosis is uncertain, eg. the child with a limp of backache, will require a bone scan to exclude the skeleton as the source of the symptoms. For Departments where paediatric bone scans are carried out infrequently this Atlas will provide a crucial reference for the Radiologist, Nuclear Medicine Physician and Orthopaedic Surgeon, to be able to compare any particular paediatric bone scan with the variations of normality as displayed in the Atlas. Important advice is given to ensure high quality bone scan images which will allow better differentiation between normality and abnormality. This Atlas should be on the shelf of any department which undertakes bone scintigraphy in children, expecially if this is done on an irregular basis.

• Knochenszintigraphie
• Paediatrics
• Pädiatrie
• Radio-isotope Bones
• Scintigraphy
• bone
• diagnosis
• infection
• nuclear medicine
• pediatrics
• radiology
• trauma
• tumor

"This is an excellent reference and a good addition to the imaging libraries of nuclear medicine departments and practices that occasionally image growing children." (Journal of Nuclear Medicine)

• Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Klinikum der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany

  Klaus Hahn, Sibylle Fischer

• Department of Radiology, The Hospitals for Sick Children, London, UK

  Isky Gordon

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