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Four children with discitis were studied with 99mTcpolyphosphate bone scintigraphy. All showed narrowing of the intravertebral disc space with accentuated nuclide accumulation in adjacent vertebral bodies. This image pattern may be unique to discitis and when occurring in a young child with a painful back should strongly suggest that diagnosis.
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