EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF DISC-SPACE INFECTION USING GA-67

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 19  (4) , 384-386
Abstract
A 4-yr-old boy had progessive central lumbar pain and hamstring spasm. He had a normal lumbar-spine X-ray except for minimal L-5, S1 spondylolysis, but gave an abnormal 67Ga scan in the region of the low lumbar spine. Eight wk following intensive antibiotic therapy, confirmation of the diagnosis of disc-space infection was established by roentgenographic studies that demonstrated narrowing of the L 4-5 intervertebral disc space. A 99mTc diphosphonate bone scan, performed concurrently with the 67Ga study, was normal.

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