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Degenerative Spine: Facet Joint Arthropathy

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Facet joint arthropathy is a cause of localized low back pain that can radiate to the buttocks and groins but is often difficult to isolate. Bone SPECT/CT is an important imaging modality to identify sites of active facet joint arthropathy that can guide patient selection for targeted intervention. Changes in the facet joint identified on CT show poor correlation with uptake on SPECT, indicating that both modalities provide distinct information on the degenerative process. The concepts of assessing facet joints on bone SPECT/CT are illustrated in this chapter.

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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). Degenerative Spine: Facet Joint Arthropathy. 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_92

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