Ossification of the ligamentum flavum demonstrated by Tc-99m MDP SPECT imaging of the thoracic spine

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2001, Pages

  Storey, Geoffrey R ^a   Ridley, Lloyd ^a   Van Der Wall, Hans ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ligamentum Flavum; SPECT; Tc 99m MDP

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; PARAPLEGIA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TENDON REFLEX; THORACIC SPINE; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; PARAPARESIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0035025849     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200106000-00012     Document Type: Article

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