title: Cold defect on bone scan in a vertebral body after percutaneous vertebroplasty.
abstract: Percutaneous vertebroplasty using bone cements is increasingly being used to stabilize osteoporotic spinal compression fractures. Although the scintigraphic appearance of compression fractures has been well-described, the post-vertebroplasty bone scan appearance has not. This case report describes a characteristic cold defect of a vertebral body after percutaneous vertebroplasty.
authors.affiliation: The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 601 N. Caroline Street JHOC 3223, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. wlavely1@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Lavely
authors.forename: Amit D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.forename: Harvey A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Ziessman
authors.forename: Kieran P J
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D050815:Fractures, Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013667:Technetium; D054854:Vertebroplasty; D044465:White People; D051598:Whole Body Imaging
chemical_list: D013667:Technetium