[Diagnosis of spinal cord diseases using myeloscintigraphy]

Ninety-eight patients with a suspected spinal volumetric process were examined and treated. In addition to the routine examinations, modified myeloscintigraphy was performed in 48 patients in order to make an accurate diagnosis and to define process sites. Filling defect was the most common myeloscintigraphic symptom. This symptom was detected in 31 patients with spinal tumors and in 10 patients with another abnormality of the vertebral canal. Myeloscintigraphy was found to be of particular value in the diagnosis of spinal tumors. The technique allows minimum-size formations to be diagnosed even when there are no evidence for subarachnoidal space block.