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Scintigraphic evaluation of lumbosacral pain in brucellosis
M Cordero-Sánchez1, S Alvarez-Ruiz, J López-Ochoa
1Internal Medicine Service No. III, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Salamanca, Spain.
Arthritis and Rheumatism
|July 1, 1990
Abstract:
Low back pain is the most frequent rheumatologic manifestation of brucellosis. The diagnosis of brucellar sacroiliitis is hampered by the poor specificity of the clinical data and the poor sensitivity of the radiologic data. In this report, we show that scintigraphy not only increases the sensitivity but also allows an earlier diagnosis of disease and permits the detection of osteoarticular brucellar involvement in areas adjacent to the sacroiliac joint.