CT of pyogenic spine infection.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1985
Abstract
A retrospective review of 19 patients with a diagnosis of pyogenic spine infection evaluated with spine CT was performed. In addition to displaying bone involvement, CT routinely depicted paraspinous and epidural involvement often not apparent on conventional radiographs or nuclear medicine studies. CT proved particularly useful in workup of patients with clinical evidence of infection associated with back pain and neurologic symptoms, evaluation of patients with fever and recurrent back pain following recent spine surgery, guiding diagnostic aspiration of suspected spinal regions for culture and sensitivity, pre-operative planning of debridement surgery.
Volume
27
Issue
2
First Page
131
Last Page
137
ISSN
0028-3940
Published In/Presented At
Burke, D. R., & Brant-Zawadzki, M. (1985). CT of pyogenic spine infection. Neuroradiology, 27(2), 131–137. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00343784
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
3990945
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article