title: Radionuclide bone scanning in diseases of the spine.
abstract: Radionuclide bone scans provide a sensitive, no-risk diagnostic technique for the detection and evaluation of a wide variety of diseases of the spine. Scans and radiographs provide complementary diagnostic information, and should both be considered in the medical imaging portion of the diagnostic plan.
mesh_terms: D001168:Arthritis / Q000175:diagnosis; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003050:Coccyx / Q000293:injuries; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000175:diagnosis; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000175:diagnosis; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000175:diagnosis; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000175:diagnosis; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000175:diagnosis; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis