title: Significance of solitary spine abnormalities on technetium-99m bone imaging.
abstract: Solitary abnormalities located within the spine from 75 bone images with Tc-99m MDP were reviewed. For the sake of convenience, patients were grouped in three classes of age: 15-50, 51-65, and 66-90 years. In 67 cases, the diagnosis was apparent from clinical studies, x-ray examinations, or biopsies. In eight cases, no diagnosis could be made. The maximum percentage of lesion sites were within the lumbar spine (45 cases). Metastatic lesions were the most common solitary abnormalities within the spine (29.3%). Osteoporosis was second (24%) with the maximum percentage in age group 66-99 years (83%) with a greater female predominance (67%).
authors.affiliation: Centre de Médecine Nucléaire, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thivolle
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mathieu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mathieu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raynal
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Bouyoucef
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Damideaux
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vignon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
chemical_list: D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate