The role of bone scintigraphy in the evaluation of the suspected abused child.

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Abstract
A comparison was made of the radiographic and scintigraphic skeletal surveys of 261 children who were suspected victims of abuse. Radiography was positive in 105 children and produced false-negative results in 32; scintigraphy was positive in 120 children and produced false-negative results in 2. Although radiography has traditionally been used to assess the skeletal injuries of battered children, scintigraphy should be the screening procedure of choice for children suspected of having been abused.