Sacro-iliac joint disease in drug abusers: the role of bone scintigraphy.
Bone scintigrams demonstrated increased uptake in the sacroiliac joint in twenty drug addicts with low back pain and signs of localized sepsis. The localization of the disease was decisive for the orthopedist in the aspiration of the affected joint.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D013667:Technetium
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D013667:Technetium