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  • Title: Vertebral osteomyelitis: disk hypodensity on CT.
    Author: Lardé D, Mathieu D, Frija J, Gaston A, Vasile N.
    Journal: AJR Am J Roentgenol; 1982 Nov; 139(5):963-7. PubMed ID: 6981983.
    Abstract:
    The importance and role of computed tomography (CT) are discussed on the basis of 36 cases of vertebral osteomyelitis. The bone images themselves, the detection of lumbar disk hypodensity, and the exploration of soft paraspinal regions in the search for an abscess are factors that contribute to the superiority of this method in difficult cases. In cases where the diagnosis is already known, CT offers an excellent method to assess the extent of the lesions. Its accuracy, coupled with its rapidity and noninvasive nature, affects the role of conventional tomography, a method that is incomplete and involves higher radiation doses. CT offers an excellent method for follow-up after treatment of vertebral osteomyelitis.
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