Unusual Scintigraphic Appearance of Osteomyelitis Secondary to Atypical Mycobacterium

摘要

A Tc-99m-methylene diphosphonate study in a 41- year-old man demonstrated multiple regions of intense activity in the appendicular and axial skeleton, characteristic of metastatic disease. However, bone biopsy demonstrated atypical mycobacterium osteomyelitis; there was no evidence of neoplasm.