MRI diagnosis of osteomyelitis of the cuboid bone in two infants

Pediatr Radiol. 1998 Sep;28(9):677-80. doi: 10.1007/s002470050437.

Abstract

We describe two infants in whom MRI diagnosed osteomyelitis of the cuboid bone when conventional X-rays were negative. Neoplastic, traumatic and ischaemic aetiologies could be excluded with the initial MR examinations.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child, Preschool
  • Clindamycin / therapeutic use
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Osteomyelitis / diagnosis*
  • Osteomyelitis / drug therapy
  • Tarsal Bones / pathology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Clindamycin