CT and nuclear medicine imaging in vertebral metastases.
Three cases are presented to illustrate the value of CT in elucidating the diagnosis in cancer patients presenting with complaints that are clinically highly suspicious for osseous metastases, where isotope bone imaging and conventional radiography failed to confirm the clinician's suspicion.
van Zanten
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Teule
G J
GJ
Golding
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RP
Heidendal
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GA
D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D004164:Diphosphonates; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D013667:Technetium; D017556:Technetium Compounds; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D004164:Diphosphonates; D017556:Technetium Compounds; D013667:Technetium; C029045:technetium Tc 99m diphosphonate