Objective- To evaluate and compare the radiographic efficacy and safety of a non-ionic dimeric and isotonic iodinated contrast medium, iodixanol (320 mgI/ml) and a non-ionic monomer and hypertonic contrast medium, iohexol (300 mgI/ml) in feline cervical myelography. Design- Experimental study Animals- Five adult healthy cats. Procedures- Iodixanol and iohexol were injected into the cerebello...

An unusual case of an inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm (IAAA) associated with coronary aneurysms and pathological fracture of the adjacent lumbar vertebrae. The associated coronary lesions in cases of IAAA are usually occlusions. In the present case, it was concluded that a possible cause of the coronary aneurysm was coronary arteritis and the etiology of the pathological fracture of the ...

A 68-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer, who had undergone left quadrantectomy 24 years prior, had suffered from palmoplantar pustulosis (PPP) and pain in multiple joints and bones for 3 years. Technetium bone scanning showed increased uptake in the sternum, sternocostoclavicular joint, cervical vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, and right knee (Picture 1, left). A radiograph of the lumba...

Congenital agenesis of lumbar vertebrae was diagnosed in a day-old female lamb based on radiology and clinical examinations. There was no neurological deficit in hindlimb and forelimb associated with standing disability. Radiography of the abdominal region revealed absence of lumbar vertebrae. Necropsy confirmed clinical and radiographic results. No other anomaly or agenesis was seen macroscopi...

Bone scintigraphy performed on a patient during the middle of radiation therapy for an inoperable left lung malignancy showed diffusely increased uptake in the thoracic vertebrae and relatively increased uptake in the ribs of the left thorax. This bone scan finding is apparently a transient phenomenon that occurs in response to irradiation and eventually leads to photon deficiency or photopenia...

We report the case of a 50-year-old Japanese woman with SAPHO (synovitis-acne-pustulosis-hyperostosisosteomyelitis) syndrome. Radiographs showed osteosclerosis of the cervical and lumbar vertebrae, as well as osteosclerosis and osteolysis of the right femoral neck, resembling multiple metastatic bony lesions. Arriving at a diagnosis required hematological and imaging tests. Whole-body bone scin...