99mTc-HDP SPECT With CT Myelography in a 1-Step Procedure.
We present the case of a 45-year-old woman with a history of multiple back surgeries to illustrate the feasibility of combining CT myelography (myeloCT) and 99mTc-HDP SPECT/CT bone scan in a 1-step procedure to realize a combined SPECT-myeloCT. Myelography CT and SPECT/CT were required to assess nerve root compression and pseudarthrosis, respectively. The proposed combined acquisition protocol provides information about nervous compression as well as pseudarthrosis in a 1 examination, optimizing radiation dose and patient comfort.
From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University, Geneva, Switzerland; †Department of Nuclear Medicine, CHUV Lausanne, Switzerland; ‡Department of Neuroradiology, and §Neurosurgical Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University, Geneva.
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Durante
Sven
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Haller
Gaël
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Amzalag
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Tessitore
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Rager
D004164:Diphosphonates; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009192:Myelography / Q000379:methods*; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011542:Pseudarthrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
D004164:Diphosphonates; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C060491:technetium Tc 99m hydroxydiphosphonate