Bone scan and chemonucleolysis.
Clin Nucl Med
; 15(12): 908-10, 1990 Dec.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2276234
ABSTRACT
This study is based on 20 patients who underwent bone scanning before and after chemonucleolysis (CN) for a herniated lumbar disk. It shows that chymopapain, the proteolytic enzyme used for CN, does not induce early or late bone lesions of the adjacent vertebral plates. Abnormal uptake by one of the vertebral plates indicates a "chemical discitis." The pattern observed on the bone scan is different from the one presented by patients with bacterial spondylitis.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Intervertebral Disc Chemolysis
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Chymopapain
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Discitis
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Intervertebral Disc Displacement
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Lumbar Vertebrae
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Clin Nucl Med
Year:
1990
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Francia