technetium-tc-99m-medronate and Ethmoid-Sinusitis

Sinonasal tuberculosis is a rare disease; its association with osteomyelitis of surrounding bone and cervical lymphadenopathy has been reported rarely. In this article, we report a case of sinonasal tuberculosis that was complicated by osteomyelitis of the ethmoid bone and cervical lymphadenopathy. Infection of the bone was demonstrated by biopsy and (99m)Tc-MDP bone single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), and cervical lymphadenopathy was confirmed by histology. This case will be discussed with specific emphasis on the imaging characteristics.

Topics: Adult; Ethmoid Bone; Ethmoid Sinusitis; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Maxillary Sinusitis; Neck; Nose Diseases; Osteomyelitis; Sinusitis; Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis, Lymph Node