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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-12-3
pubmed:abstractText
Gadolinium enhancement may be normal in the vertebral endplates adjacent to previously operated intervertebral discs. To determine the frequency of this finding and to differentiate this normal healing process from early lesions due to focal infection, we studied 135 patients who had undergone surgery for herniated lumbar disc, and compared them with 249 unoperated patients with radicular symptoms and 15 with known spondylodiscitis. Hypointense foci which enhanced with gadolinium were identified in the endplates of 25 (18.5%) of the operated patients, 9 of whom required a second operation for recurrent disc herniation, at which time the absence of infection was confirmed. Gadolinium enhancement within the endplates adjacent to the operated disc occurs during normal healing after surgery. Care should be taken before invoking a diagnosis of focal infection or secondary spondylodiscitis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0028-3940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
503-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8232874-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8232874-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8232874-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:8232874-Bone Marrow, pubmed-meshheading:8232874-Contrast Media, pubmed-meshheading:8232874-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:8232874-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8232874-Gadolinium DTPA, pubmed-meshheading:8232874-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8232874-Intervertebral Disc Displacement, pubmed-meshheading:8232874-Lumbar Vertebrae, pubmed-meshheading:8232874-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:8232874-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8232874-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8232874-Organometallic Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:8232874-Pentetic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8232874-Postoperative Complications, pubmed-meshheading:8232874-Reoperation, pubmed-meshheading:8232874-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:8232874-Surgical Wound Infection
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Gadolinium enhancement of vertebral endplates following lumbar disc surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neuroradiology, Hôpital Universitaire Erasme, Universitè Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article