Bone SPECT in Baastrupʼs Disease

A 29-year-old man with chronic back pain not associated with any neuropathy was imaged with planar and SPECT bone scintigraphy. Increased uptake of the radiopharmaceutical was noted in the posterior elements of L4. Plain film radiographs demonstrated abnormal contact of the apposing spinous processe...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical nuclear medicine 1994-07, Vol.19 (7), p.640-641
Hauptverfasser:	HAMLIN, LOUISE MICHELLE, DELAPLAIN, CALVIN B
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Diseases of the osteoarticular system Humans Low Back Pain - etiology Lumbar Vertebrae - abnormalities Lumbar Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging Male Medical sciences Osteoarthritis Radiography Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
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Zusammenfassung:	A 29-year-old man with chronic back pain not associated with any neuropathy was imaged with planar and SPECT bone scintigraphy. Increased uptake of the radiopharmaceutical was noted in the posterior elements of L4. Plain film radiographs demonstrated abnormal contact of the apposing spinous processes (“kissing spines”), which results in reactive sclerosis causing increased uptake on the bone scintigrams.
ISSN:	0363-9762 1536-0229
DOI:	10.1097/00003072-199407000-00018