Focal spinal abnormalities on bone scans in ankylosing spondylitis: a clue to the presence of fracture or pseudarthrosis

Journal Article · Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981 · Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-198105000-00007· OSTI ID:5578439

Resnick, D; Williamson, S; Alazraki, N

Four cases of ankylosing spondylitis are presented in which radionuclide bone studies indicated focal abnormalities of the spine. In three patients, the area of abnormal nuclide uptake corresponded to a site of pseudarthrosis, and in the fourth an acute fracture was present. As such focal lesions on bone scans are unusual in cases of chronic ankylosing spondylitis in which a complication is not apparent, their presence can be a useful finding.

• OSTI ID: 5578439
• Journal Information: Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Journal Name: Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States) Vol. 6:5; ISSN CNMED
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
BIOLOGICAL LOCALIZATION
BODY
BONE FRACTURES
BONE SEEKERS
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC USES
DISEASES
DRUGS
INJURIES
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PATIENTS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS
RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS
RHEUMATIC DISEASES
SCINTISCANNING
SKELETAL DISEASES
SKELETON
SPONDYLITIS
UPTAKE
USES
VERTEBRAE