Atkinson R N, Paterson D C, Morris L L, Savage J P
Aust N Z J Surg. 1978 Aug;48(4):374-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1978.tb04879.x.
Thirty-nine children with suspected pathology involving the vertebral column were investigated haematologically, radiographically, and by bone scintigraphy using technetium 99M pyrophosphate. Fifteen children were shown to have inflammatory disease of the vertebrae. A further six suffered from Scheuermann's disease, two from benign tumours, and the remainder from miscellaneous diseases not specifically involving bony pathology. The nuclide scan was abnormal in all cases of discitis and osteomyelitis, and in the two tumours. All of the other conditions were associated with a normal bone scan. This finding is of considerable diagnostic importance, and leads support to the theory that discitis is due to bacterial infection.
对39名疑似患有脊柱病变的儿童进行了血液学、放射学检查，并使用99m锝焦磷酸盐进行骨闪烁显像检查。结果显示，15名儿童患有脊椎炎症性疾病。另有6名患有休门氏病，2名患有良性肿瘤，其余儿童患有非特异性涉及骨病理的杂病。在所有椎间盘炎和骨髓炎病例以及两个肿瘤病例中，核素扫描均异常。所有其他病症的骨扫描均正常。这一发现具有相当重要的诊断意义，并支持了椎间盘炎是由细菌感染引起的理论。
