Role of technetium-99m diphosphonate and gallium-67 citrate bone scanning in the early diagnosis of infectious spondylodiscitis. A comparative study

• Published in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases Vol. 51; no. 5; pp. 665 - 667
• Main Authors: Nolla Solé, Joan Miquel, Mateo Soria, Lourdes, Rozadilla Sacanell, Antoni, Mora Salvador, Jaume, Valverde García, José, Roig Escofet, D. (Daniel)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and European League Against Rheumatism 01.05.1992; BMJ; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Group
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Bacterial arthritis and osteitis; Bacterial diseases; Biological and medical sciences; Bone and Bones - diagnostic imaging; Case studies; Diagnosis; Diagnòstic; Diphosphonates; Discitis - diagnostic imaging; Discitis - microbiology; Estudi de casos; Female; Gallium Radioisotopes; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Malalties de la columna vertebral; Male; Medical sciences; Medicina nuclear; Middle Aged; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nuclear medicine; Radionuclide Imaging; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spine diseases; Technetium; Technetium Compounds; Staphylococcus aureus; Radionuclide study; Human; Spondylitis; Gallium; Disease of the spine; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Technetium; Diagnosis; Scintigraphy; Comparative study
• DOI: 10.1136/ard.51.5.665
• ISSN: 0003-4967

A comparative study of the parts played by technetium-99m diphosphonate and gallium-67 citrate bone scanning in the early diagnosis of infectious spondylodiscitis is presented. Nineteen patients were included in the study. All patients (11 men aged 19-70 years and eight women aged 18-72 years) had a history of back pain varying in duration from one to 15 weeks. A 99mTc diphosphonate bone scan was positive in 17 patients. The two patients with negative results had less than two weeks of back pain. The 67Ga citrate bone scan showed uptake in all patients.