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REBEL Core Cast 107.0 – Vertebral Osteomyelitis

REBEL EM

Most common organism is Staph Aureus (36-67% of cases) ( Boody 2015 ). The degree of elevation does not predict disease severity. Other pathogens include: E. ESR and CRP are sensitive, yet not specific.

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Inflammatory Breast Carcinoma

Global Radiology CME

Bone scan shows diffuse uptake in the markedly enlarged right breast secondary to increased blood pool activity and impaired washout. Bone scan showed diffuse uptake in the markedly enlarged right breast secondary to increased blood pool activity and impaired washout. Mammogram CC view.

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PET tracer shows promise in prostate cancer patients

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Moreover, the approach could help detect disease that other effective prostate cancer PET radiotracers may miss, said Heying Duan, MD, a nuclear medicine research scientist at Stanford University, during a November 26 scientific session. Patients were eligible if they were older than 18 and had rising blood levels of PSA ( ≥ 0.2