Abbey D M, Hosea S W
Department of Internal Medicine, Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Arch Intern Med. 1989 Sep;149(9):2029-35.
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.
对来自三家社区医院的20例脊椎骨髓炎病例进行了回顾。在活动性脊椎骨髓炎的情况下，常规脊柱X光片常常正常。当常规脊柱X光片未显示异常时，脊柱计算机断层扫描常常能检测到椎体终板的变化，这些变化可诊断为脊椎骨髓炎。
