(18)F-FDG-PET/CT findings in patients affected by spondylodiscitis.
Spondylodiscitis (SPD) is an inflammatory process of the intervertebral disc space. We report two cases of patients affected by SPD evaluated by fluorine-18 fluorodesoxyglycose positron emission tomography/computed tomography, which was useful in detecting SPD and supporting differential diagnosis.
Bertagna
Francesco
F
Nuclear Medicine, Spedali Civili di Brescia, P.le Spedali Civili, 1, 25123 Brescia, Italy. francesco.bertagna@spedalicivili.brescia.it
Pizzocaro
Claudio
C
Biasiotto
Giorgio
G
Giubbini
Raffaele
R
Werner
Thomas
T
Alavi
Abass
A
D000368:Aged; D015299:Discitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18