Multifocal Pott's Disease (Tuberculous Spondylitis) Incidentally Detected on Tc-99m MDP Bone and Ga-67 Citrate Scintigraphy in a Patient with Diabetes

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 286-289

  Kim, Seong Jang ^a   Seok, Ju Won ^a   Kim, In Ju ^a   Kim, Yong Ki ^a   Kim, Dong Soo ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ga 67; Pott's Disease; Tc 99m MDP

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; GALLIUM 67; ISONIAZID; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; CITRIC ACID; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GALLIUM; GALLIUM CITRATE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG UPTAKE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINE FUSION; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; BACK; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HYPERTENSION; LOW BACK PAIN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CITRATES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GALLIUM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 0038305660     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200304000-00003     Document Type: Article

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