SPECT/CT bone scintigraphy to evaluate low back pain in young athletes: common and uncommon etiologies.
review · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 27387155.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1186/s13018-016-0402-1 and PMC identifier 4936246.
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Abstract
Low back pain of various etiologies is a common clinical presentation in young athletes. In this article, we discuss the utility of SPECT/CT bone scintigraphy for the evaluation of low back pain in young athletes. The spectrum of lower spine lesions caused by sports injuries and identifiable on bone scan is presented along with strategies to avoid unnecessary irradiation of young patients. Also covered are pitfalls in diagnosis due to referred-pain phenomenon and normal skeletal variants specific to this age group.
Medical subject headings
- Athletes
- Athletic Injuries
- Low Back Pain
- Lumbar Vertebrae
- Sacrum
- Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography
Anatomy
- lumbar spine
- sacrum-coccyx