Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scanning for adolescent back pain. A sine qua non?
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
Nine cases of adolescent back pain show that a diagnosis of spondylolysis cannot be made on physical examination alone and that single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scanning revealed pars interarticularis stress lesions undiagnosable on planar technetium-99 bone scan. As management of spondylolysis differs from other lumbar dysfunctional problems SPECT scanning of children should be a sine qua non in extension related back pain with a normal radiograph and planar bone scintigraphy.
Medical subject headings
- Athletic Injuries
- Back Pain
- Spinal Injuries
- Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Anatomy
- lumbar spine
- sacrum-coccyx