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Osteomyelitis often eludes early diagnosis because plain film radiography is too insensitive and radionuclide bone scanning is nonspecific. In this study, 90 diabetic patients were studied with plain film and magnification radiographs of their feet. Among the 24 patients with osteomyelitis, plain radiographs suggested the diagnosis in 14 patients and magnification radiography was diagnostic in 18 of these patients. Thus, magnification radiography offers some diagnostic advantage in patients suspected of having osteomyelitis.
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Lee, S.M., Lee, R.G.L., Wilinsky, J. et al. Magnification radiography in osteomyelitis. Skeletal Radiol 15, 625–627 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00349857
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