title: Comparative imaging. Disk calcification in childhood.
abstract: Intervertebral disk calcification in childhood probably occurs secondary to disk inflammation or trauma. Images obtained in the evaluation of a six-year-old boy with cervical disk calcification demonstrate the typical findings with radiography, bone scintigraphy, and computed tomography.
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*