TY - JOUR
T1 - The retroisthmic cleft
T2 - Scintigraphic appearance and clinical relevance in patients with low back pain
AU - Abraham, Titus
AU - Holder, Lawrence
AU - Silberstein, Charles
PY - 1997/3/26
Y1 - 1997/3/26
N2 - This article describes the scintigraphic appearance of both a symptomatic and asymptomatic retroisthmic cleft in two athletes with low back pain. This lesion, which involves the lamina, is the least common of the neural arch defects of which spondylolysis is the most common. The anatomy of the lesion is discussed and illustrated. The literature about the possible cause of these lesions is reviewed. The report emphasizes the valuable role of radionuclide bone imaging in patients who have pain of potentially osseous origin, and who have a lesion of uncertain physiologic significance seen on an anatomic study such as a plain x-ray, CT scan, or MRI.
AB - This article describes the scintigraphic appearance of both a symptomatic and asymptomatic retroisthmic cleft in two athletes with low back pain. This lesion, which involves the lamina, is the least common of the neural arch defects of which spondylolysis is the most common. The anatomy of the lesion is discussed and illustrated. The literature about the possible cause of these lesions is reviewed. The report emphasizes the valuable role of radionuclide bone imaging in patients who have pain of potentially osseous origin, and who have a lesion of uncertain physiologic significance seen on an anatomic study such as a plain x-ray, CT scan, or MRI.
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U2 - 10.1097/00003072-199703000-00005
DO - 10.1097/00003072-199703000-00005
M3 - Article
C2 - 9067669
AN - SCOPUS:0030969761
SN - 0363-9762
VL - 22
SP - 161
EP - 165
JO - Clinical nuclear medicine
JF - Clinical nuclear medicine
IS - 3
ER -