UPTAKE OF 85SR IN OSTEOARTHROSIS OF SPINE IN MAN

A comparison of the total uptake of 85Sr was made in cases with and without radiologic evidence of osteoarthrosis, using a method with a high-degree anatomical resolution of the various levels of the spine together with whole body counting. The tracer uptake did not differ significantly between the groups. When local peak values, indicating a limited area with a high uptake, were recorded, these were significantly higher in spines with osteo arthrosis. Such peak values, however, never reached the magnitude of those seen in metastatic disease, spondylitis, and other localized spine lesions. © 1969, The Foundation Acta Radiologica. All rights reserved.