An unusual cause of low back pain: Osteomyelitis of the spinous process

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 839-841

  Buoncristiani, Anthony M ^a   McCullen, Geoffrey ^a   Shin, Alexander Y ^a   Akbarnia, Behrooz A ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR SPINAL DISORDERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging osteomyelitis; Spinous process osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISKITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOW BACK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPONDYLITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VERTEBRA BODY;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS;

EID: 0032055681     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199804010-00022     Document Type: Article

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