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Case Reports
. 1985 Nov-Dec;9(6):1135-6.
doi: 10.1097/00004728-198511000-00030.

Thorn synovitis: CT diagnosis

B Klein, J P McGahan
Case Reports

Thorn synovitis: CT diagnosis

B Klein et al. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1985 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

A case of monoarticular arthritis due to a retained thorn about the left knee is presented. In this case CT was helpful to localize precisely the thorn within the joint whereas other modalities such as plain films, gallium scan, and 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate bone scan were negative.

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