The great imitator secondary syphilis of bone unveiled through combination of MRI and (99mTc)-bisphosphonates SPECT/CT.

Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging

Department of Radiology, Hôpital Lariboisière, 2 rue Ambroise Paré, 75010, Paris, France.

Published: March 2021


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