Prolonged back pain attributed to suspected spondylodiscitis: The value of 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging in the diagnostic work-up of patients;Rückenschmerzen mit Verdacht auf Spondylo - diszitis - Die diagnostische Bedeutung der 18F-FDG-PET/CT-Bildgebung

NuklearMedizin

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 194-200

  Seifen, Tanja ^a   Rettenbacher, L ^a   Thaler, C ^a   Holzmannhofer, J ^a   Mc Coy, M ^b   Pirich, C ^a  

^a University Hospital Salzburg   (Austria)

^b Christian Doppler Klinik   (Austria)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET CT; Chronic course; Inflammation; MRI; Spondylodiscitis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT DURATION;

BACK PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; DISCITIS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867317404     PISSN: 00295566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3413/Nukmed-0473-12-01     Document Type: Article

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