The role of radioisotopic methods in imaging of intervertebral disc inflammation in children.
The authors present the case of a 17-year-old girl, with pain over lumbar spine area, treated by paediatricians and rehabilitation specialists, discussing diagnostic imaging and laboratory examinations together with clinical observations. Spondylodiscitis was diagnosed after bone scintigraphy with 99mTc-MDP, the course of disease was monitored by immunoscintigraphy amongst other techniques.
Pilecki
Stanisław
S
Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz.
Gierach
Marcin
M
Drobik
Przemysław
P
Kurylak
Andrzej
A
Trzcinska
Iwona
I
Hagner
Wojciech
W
Pilecki
Olgierd
O
Wałek
Sebastian
S
Junik
Roman
R
D000293:Adolescent; D001416:Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology*; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000473:pathology*; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate