Is tomography of intervertebral disc calcification useful in children?
Détails
ID Serval
serval:BIB_64FAD9C78673
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Sous-type
Etude de cas (case report): rapporte une observation et la commente brièvement.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Is tomography of intervertebral disc calcification useful in children?
Périodique
Pediatric Radiology
ISSN
0301-0449
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
1992
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
22
Numéro
1
Pages
59-61
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal Article
Résumé
In the past ten years, we have found cervical intervertebral disc calcifications in three children on plain films of the cervical spine made because of cervical pain. In each case, we required further radiological investigations, antero-posterior and lateral linear tomography for two children and an axial computed tomography for one child. In each case, tomography revealed no supplementary useful information. On retrospect, we think that these examinations caused unnecessary irradiation and that they should only be carried out in the rare circumstances when disc calcification is associated with neurological symptoms.
Mots-clé
Adolescent, Calcinosis/radiography, Cervical Vertebrae/radiography, Child, Humans, Intervertebral Disk/radiography, Male, Spinal Diseases/radiography, Tomography, X-Ray, Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Pubmed
Web of science
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08/04/2008 15:38
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20/08/2019 15:21