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From: Utility of bone SPECT/CT to identify the primary cause of pain in elderly patients with degenerative lumbar spine disease

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A 68-year-old woman with degenerative lumbar discopathy. a Lateral view of radiograph showing adult spinal deformity with a sagittal imbalance. b T2-weighted MR sagittal image of the lumbar spine without remarkable findings indicating the site of pain-causing pathology. c Bone SPECT/CT image of the lumbar spine showing a hotspot in the vertebral disks of L3/4 and L4/5. d Lateral view radiograph after oblique lumbar interbody fusion and percutaneous pedicle screw fixation. MR, magnetic resonance; SPECT/CT, bone scintigraphy with single photon emission computed tomography

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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X