Painful spondylolysis or spondylolisthesis studied by radiography and single-photon emission computed tomography

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985 · Radiology; (United States)

OSTI ID:5616670

Collier, B D; Johnson, R P; Carrera, G F; Meyer, G A; Schwab, J P; Flatley, T J; Isitman, A T; Hellman, R S; Zielonka, J S; Knobel, J

Planar bone scintigraphy (PBS) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) were compared in 19 adults with radiographic evidence of spondylolysis and/or spondylolisthesis. SPECT was more sensitive than PBS when used to identify symptomatic patients and sites of painful defects in the pars interarticularis. In addition, SPECT allowed more accurate localization than PBS. In 6 patients, spondylolysis or spondylolisthesis was unrealted to low back pain, and SPECT images of the posterior neural arch were normal. The authors conclude that when spondylolysis or spondylolisthesis is the cause of low back pain, pars defects are frequently heralded by increased scintigraphic activity which is best detected and localized by SPECT.

• Research Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
• OSTI ID: 5616670
• Report Number(s): CONF-8311191-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Radiology; (United States) Journal Volume: 154:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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