RT Journal
A1 Abbey DM, Hosea SW
T1 DIagnosis of vertebral osteomyelitis in a community hospital by using computed tomography
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1989
FD September 1
VO 149
IS 9
SP 2029
OP 2035
DO 10.1001/archinte.1989.00390090083017
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1989.00390090083017
AB • Twenty cases of vertebral osteomyelitis from three community hospitals were reviewed. Routine spine radiographs were frequently normal in the setting of active vertebral osteomyelitis. Computed tomographic scanning of the spine frequently detected changes in the vertebral end plates that were diagnostic of vertebral osteomyelitis at a time when routine spine radiographs were unrevealing.(Arch Intern Med. 1989;149:2029-2035)