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Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Q Fever Osteoarticular Infection in Children

Halima Dabaja-YounisComments to Author , Michal Meir, Anat Ilivizki, Daniela Militianu, Mark Eidelman, Imad Kassis1, and Yael Shachor-Meyouhas1
Author affiliations: Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel

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Figure 3

Imaging of the left ankle for a 3-year-old boy (case 3) with Q fever osteoarticular infection, Israel. A) Computed tomography imaging, coronal view, shows a lytic lesion in the talus (black arrow). B, C) Magnetic resonance imaging sagittal T1 (B) and sagittal T1 fat saturation + contrast (C) demonstrate a lesion in the posterior aspect of the talus (white arrows), determined to be an intramedullary abscess (Brodie’s abscess) surrounded by edema.

Figure 3. Imaging of the left ankle for a 3-year-old boy (case 3) with Q fever osteoarticular infection, Israel. A) Computed tomography imaging, coronal view, shows a lytic lesion in the talus (black arrow). B, C) Magnetic resonance imaging sagittal T1 (B) and sagittal T1 fat saturation + contrast (C) demonstrate a lesion in the posterior aspect of the talus (white arrows), determined to be an intramedullary abscess (Brodie’s abscess) surrounded by edema.

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1These authors contributed equally to the study and article.

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