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Unusual worm-like radiopacities in the radiographs of patients with cervical spondylosis
This report describes three patients with cervical spondylosis whose diagnostic radiographs showed worm-like, irregularly curved radiopaque lines and strings in the head and neck region during routine chiropractic examinations. Such artifacts are frequently misinterpreted as parasitic infection, ele...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9762373/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36567841 http://dx.doi.org/10.25122/jml-2022-0080 |
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author | Chu, Eric Chun-Pu Chen, Alan Te-Chang Chiang, Ricky Trager, Robert |
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description | This report describes three patients with cervical spondylosis whose diagnostic radiographs showed worm-like, irregularly curved radiopaque lines and strings in the head and neck region during routine chiropractic examinations. Such artifacts are frequently misinterpreted as parasitic infection, electrostatic discharges, detector image lag, fracture, or ligature wires. All three patients with worm-like radiopacities disclosed their 15–20 years of history of acupuncture treatment to relieve neck pain. The present cases of unexpected and coincidental findings may suggest a possible acupuncture-caused radiographic artifacts in the neck and jaw bones. In particular, the patient had previous gold thread treatments possibly associated with the observed radiographic artifacts. These cases may emphasize the importance of having a thorough understanding of patient history regarding unexpected radiographic artifacts. |
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spelling | pubmed-97623732023-01-01 Unusual worm-like radiopacities in the radiographs of patients with cervical spondylosis Chu, Eric Chun-Pu Chen, Alan Te-Chang Chiang, Ricky Trager, Robert J Med Life Case Report This report describes three patients with cervical spondylosis whose diagnostic radiographs showed worm-like, irregularly curved radiopaque lines and strings in the head and neck region during routine chiropractic examinations. Such artifacts are frequently misinterpreted as parasitic infection, electrostatic discharges, detector image lag, fracture, or ligature wires. All three patients with worm-like radiopacities disclosed their 15–20 years of history of acupuncture treatment to relieve neck pain. The present cases of unexpected and coincidental findings may suggest a possible acupuncture-caused radiographic artifacts in the neck and jaw bones. In particular, the patient had previous gold thread treatments possibly associated with the observed radiographic artifacts. These cases may emphasize the importance of having a thorough understanding of patient history regarding unexpected radiographic artifacts. Carol Davila University Press 2022-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9762373/ /pubmed/36567841 http://dx.doi.org/10.25122/jml-2022-0080 Text en ©2022 JOURNAL of MEDICINE and LIFE https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Chu, Eric Chun-Pu Chen, Alan Te-Chang Chiang, Ricky Trager, Robert Unusual worm-like radiopacities in the radiographs of patients with cervical spondylosis |
title | Unusual worm-like radiopacities in the radiographs of patients with cervical spondylosis |
title_full | Unusual worm-like radiopacities in the radiographs of patients with cervical spondylosis |
title_fullStr | Unusual worm-like radiopacities in the radiographs of patients with cervical spondylosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Unusual worm-like radiopacities in the radiographs of patients with cervical spondylosis |
title_short | Unusual worm-like radiopacities in the radiographs of patients with cervical spondylosis |
title_sort | unusual worm-like radiopacities in the radiographs of patients with cervical spondylosis |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9762373/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36567841 http://dx.doi.org/10.25122/jml-2022-0080 |
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