The radiological changes in infections of the spine and their diagnostic value
| Autor: | D. Cosgrove, F.J.C. Millard, E.H. Allen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1978 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Radiography Diagnosis Differential Lesion Associated finding medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Child Abscess Reduction (orthopedic surgery) Aged business.industry Racial Groups Bacterial Infections General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Spine (zoology) Radiological weapon Female Spinal Diseases Tuberculosis Spinal Radiology Differential diagnosis medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Radiology. 29:31-40 |
| ISSN: | 0009-9260 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0009-9260(78)80161-5 |
| Popis: | This study describes the early radiological changes which occur in infections of the spine, by examination of the initial radiographs in 45 patients with proven spinal infection. The commonest radiological change in infection of the spine was a symmetrical lesion involving the adjacent surfaces of two vertebrae, with a variable degree of reduction in height of the disc space. A paravertebral abscess was a common associated finding. No radiological pattern was completely reliable in distinguishing tuberculous from non-tuberculous infections, but in white patients the formation of new bone strongly suggested a pyogenic lesion. The presence or absence of a paravertebral abscess was not helpful in distinguishing the variety of infection. |
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