Obligatory medical device diagnostics.
- Radiograph of the affected region, in two planes.
Optional medical device diagnostics – depending on the results of the history, physical examination, laboratory diagnostics and obligatory medical device diagnostics – for differential diagnosis.
- Magnetic resonance imaging(MRI; computer-assisted cross-sectional imaging method (using magnetic fields, that is, without X-rays)) – for further diagnosis.
- Multiphase skeletal scintigraphy (procedure of nuclear medicine, which is a special recording technique of scintigraphy, which can precisely show functional changes in the skeletal system) – early stages of disease of osteomyelitis can be detected earlier with skeletal scintigraphy in contrast to computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging.
- Leukocyte scintigraphy (nuclear medicine procedure in which accumulations of radioactively labeled leukocytes (white blood cells) can be visualized, e.g., in inflammatory foci) – V. a. acute/chronic osteomyelitis.
