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From: An untapped potential for imaging of peripheral osteomyelitis in paediatrics using [18F]FDG PET/CT —the inference from a juvenile porcine model

Fig. 1

Mid-sagittal cut through the distal femoral bone of the right hind limb of a pig infected by the inoculation of S. aureus into the femoral artery. Pathological chronic, purulent, sequestering osteomyelitis (S) is seen in the metaphysis with disruption of the growth plate (GP) and affection of the epiphysis (arrows). The lesion has a size (diameter) of approximately 2 cm. The thick peripheral zone of granulation tissue (GT). Pig 4, 14 days after the inoculation

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