Fig. 3
From: Diagnostic performance of quantitative Ga-SPECT/CT for patients with lower-limb osteomyelitis
These images represent a 68-year-old man with diabetic gangrene, hypertension, and atherosclerosis obliterans as comorbidities. a shows CT images indicating increased subcutaneous density and accumulation indicative of cellulitis near the right 1st proximal phalanx, and metatarsal bone with irregular bone destruction, and increased attenuation lesions in the subcutaneous tissue. b shows fused SPECT/CT images indicating distinct accumulation in the subcutaneous tissue, right 1st proximal phalanx and metatarsal bone with high LBR (12.00) and TLU (133.76) and low SUVmax (3.45). The primary physicians diagnosed this patient with CE. The final diagnosis of LLOM was confirmed by the pathologist. The findings indicated sequestrum. Thirty-nine days after the scanning, the patient experienced a fatal event due to sepsis