Occult Sternal Fractures Identified by Bone Scintigraphy Occult Sternal Fractures.
2015
Jody C DiGiacomo, and
L D George Angus
Division of Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, The Long Island Comprehensive Trauma Center, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, New York, USA.
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MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D011877
Radionuclide Imaging
The production of an image obtained by cameras that detect the radioactive emissions of an injected radionuclide as it has distributed differentially throughout tissues in the body. The image obtained from a moving detector is called a scan, while the image obtained from a stationary camera device is called a scintiphotograph.
Gamma Camera Imaging,Radioisotope Scanning,Scanning, Radioisotope,Scintigraphy,Scintiphotography,Imaging, Gamma Camera,Imaging, Radionuclide
D005596
Fractures, Closed
Fractures in which the break in bone is not accompanied by an external wound.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013249
Sternum
A long, narrow, and flat bone commonly known as BREASTBONE occurring in the midsection of the anterior thoracic segment or chest region, which stabilizes the rib cage and serves as the point of origin for several muscles that move the arms, head, and neck.