SPECT-CT Assessment of Pseudarthrosis after Spinal Fusion: Diagnostic Pitfall due to a Broken Screw
A 43-year-old drug addicted female was referred for a L5-S1 posterolateral in situ fixation with autologous graft because of an L5/S1 severe discopathy with listhesis. After six months, low back pain recurred. A Tc-99m HDP SPECT-CT diagnosed a pseudarthrosis with intense uptake of the L5-S1 endplate...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2013-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Orthopedics |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/502517 |