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Inflammation and Infection: Scheuermann’s Disease

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Clinical Atlas of Bone SPECT/CT

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Scheuermann’s disease is a self-limiting disorder resulting in wedge-shaped vertebral bodies causing thoracic kyphosis. An atypical form affects the distal dorsolumbar or lumbar spine and can present with less typical imaging findings. The role of bone SPECT/CT is to rule out other causes of pain in symptomatic individuals.

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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: Scheuermann’s Disease. 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_108

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