Staged Joint Arthrodesis in the Treatment of Severe Septic Ankle Arthritis Sequelae: A Case Report.

Septic ankle arthritis is a devastating clinical entity with high risks of morbidity and mortality. Prompt treatment is necessary because delayed or inadequate treatment can lead to irreversible damage that may occur on the articular surface, resulting in cartilage erosion, infective synovitis, osteomyelitis, joint deformity, and pain and joint dysfunction. An aggressive surgical approach is required when a joint infection causes severe limb-threatening arthritis.

Differential Diagnosis between Child Abuse and Infantile Cortical Hyperostosis: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Child abuse is a major public health problem that can lead to critical consequences for the child and family. However, early identification of abuse may be difficult. An 8-month-old boy presented with extensive periosteal reaction in both upper and lower long bones.

Visual and Quantitative Analysis of Cisternography for the Detection of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage.

We herein present a case of a 29-year-old man with clear rhinorrhea, which persisted for 8 years following a myringotomy. After cotton pledgets were placed in several different regions of the nasal cavity, cisternography using Tc-99m DTPA was performed to measure the radioactivity of each pledget. Cisternography showed subtle uptake in the nasal cavity.

The Current Status of SPECT or SPECT/CT in South Korea.

The first step to nuclear medicine in Korea started with introduction of the gamma camera in 1969. Although planar images with the gamma camera give important functional information, they have the limitations that result from 2-dimensional images. Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) due to its 3-dimensional image acquisition is superior to earlier planar gamma imaging in image resolution and diagnostic accuracy.

The value of brain perfusion SPECT for differentiation between mildly symptomatic idiopathic Parkinson's disease and the Parkinson variant of multiple system atrophy.

Introduction: Brain perfusion deficits have been reported previously in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA). However, clinical differential diagnosis between mildly symptomatic PD and the Parkinson's variant of MSA (MSA-P) is difficult because of the similarity of symptoms between parkinsonian disorders. Accurate diagnosis of these disorders is important for treatment decisions, appropriate advice, management, and prognosis.