Devitalized bone in a multi-fragment femoral shaft fracture detected by 18F-NaF PET-CT

Nuklearmedizin 2016; 55(05): N52-N53
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616499

Case report

Schattauer GmbH

Devitalized bone in a multi-fragment femoral shaft fracture detected by ¹⁸F-NaF PET-CT

Philipp Seifert

¹Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany

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Veit König

²Clinic of Traumatology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany

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Gunther O. Hofmann

²Clinic of Traumatology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany

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Martin Freesmeyer

¹Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany

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