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Inflammation and Infection: Spondylodiscitis

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Spondylodiscitis is a severe infection of the intervertebral disc that can present with nonspecific signs and symptoms, necessitating the use of imaging to establish the diagnosis. While bone SPECT/CT is not the preferred imaging method for diagnosis, the findings on bone SPECT/CT described in this chapter should raise suspicion for spondylodiscitis in patients referred for nonspecific back pain.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium

    Tim Van den Wyngaert

  2. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MICA – IPPON), University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

    Tim Van den Wyngaert

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  1. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

    Tim Van den Wyngaert

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Gopinath Gnanasegaran

  3. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland

    Klaus Strobel

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    Gopinath Gnanasegaran

  2. Antwerp University Hospital, Wirijk, Belgium

    Tim Van den Wyngaert

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Van den Wyngaert, T. (2023). Inflammation and Infection: Spondylodiscitis. In: Van den Wyngaert, T., Gnanasegaran, G., Strobel, K. (eds) Clinical Atlas of Bone SPECT/CT. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26449-8_104

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