Pinhole collimator scintigraphy in differential diagnosis of metastasis, fracture, and infections of the spine
The informational gains obtained by the use of pinhole collimator scintigraphy (PCS) have been well documented. The present study has been undertaken to prospectively investigate its efficacy in diagnosing several commonly occurring spinal diseases. Patient material consisted of metastatic cancer (39 vertebrae), compression fractures (33 vertebrae), tuberculous spondylitis (17 vertebrae), and pyogenic spondylitis (six vertebrae). PCS findings were characterized in terms of localization, appearance, and homogeneity of abnormal radionuclide accumulation. Thus, metastatic cancer manifested as diffusely or focally homogeneous accumulation within the vertebral body or as a typical short-segmental accumulation along the end-plate, whereas compression fracture manifested as characteristic board-like accumulation along the entire length of end-plates. Tuberculous spondylitis, on the other hand, revealed homogeneous accumulation throughout the vertebral body, and pyogenic spondylitis revealed accumulation at the end-zone of opposing vertebral bodies giving sandwich-like appearance. The disk space at the affected level was not narrowed in the former two diseases but it was narrowed in the latter two. It was concluded that PCS may be useful in differentiating metastatic cancer, compression fracture, tuberculous spondylitis, and pyogenic spondylitis.
- Research Organization:
- Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea
- OSTI ID:
- 6354666
- Journal Information:
- J. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Vol. 4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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