Open AccessCorrelation of 18F-FDG PET/CT uptake with severity of MRI findings and epidural steroid injection sites in patients with symptomatic degenerative disease of the lumbar spine: a retrospective study
Author(s) -
Michelle Lam,
Christopher Burke,
William R. Walter
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
diagnostic and interventional radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.754
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1305-3612
pISSN - 1305-3825
DOI - 10.5152/dir.2021.20438
Subject(s) - medicine , lumbar , lumbar spine , epidural steroid injection , retrospective cohort study , positron emission tomography , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear medicine , low back pain , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine
We aimed to retrospectively correlate 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) metabolic activity with lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and epidural steroid injection sites in patients with symptomatic degenerative disease of the lumbar spine.