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Letters and Corrections15 February 1990Diagnostic Imaging of the Lumbar SpineWilliam T. Pochis, MD, Arthur Z. Krasnow, MD, B. David Collier, MDWilliam T. Pochis, MDSearch for more papers by this author, Arthur Z. Krasnow, MDSearch for more papers by this author, B. David Collier, MDSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-112-4-310 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the Editor: Deyo and colleagues (1) recently reviewed the use of diagnostic imaging procedures for evaluation of the lumbar spine. Radionuclide bone imaging was described as being most useful for the early detection of metastatic cancer or spinal infections and having a limited application in the investigation of low back pain. Such has not been the experience at the Affiliated Hospitals of the Medical College of Wisconsin. At our institution, investigation of chronic low back pain is one of the commonest indications for bone scanning.The use of skeletal scintigraphy in the evaluation of low back pain has been...
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