Scintigraphy of persistent vertebral transverse process epiphysis.
Two cases of increased scintigraphic activity in a persistent transverse process epiphysis are presented to illustrate the need to recognize this as a normal developmental variant. Differentiation from fracture or neoplasm usually can be made by correlative radiographic imaging.
D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging