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case_images: Due to the proximity of the empyema to the neurosurgical site, a technetium-99m-ubiquicidin (99mTc-UBI) 29-41 single-photon emission computed tomography-computed tomography (SPECT-CT) was performed to rule out infection of the hardware. As suggested by the 4-point scale for uptake of 99mTc-UBI 29-41 at the site of suspected infection (0 = no uptake; 1 = uptake < liver; 2 = uptake > liver; 3 = uptake > kidneys), uptake was classified as 1 point in the hardware area and 2 points in the suspected infection zone. The study reported an infection in the spinal column at T11-L1 that did not compromise the neurosurgical instrumentation. (a) T11 axial CT (b) with uptake of 99mTc-UBI 29-41. (c and d) Uptake of the suspected site of infection compared with kidney uptake in a coronal and sagittal spine 99mTcUBI 29-41 SPECT-CT.
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case_images: Due to the proximity of the empyema to the neurosurgical site, a 99mTc-UBI 29-41 SPECT/CT was performed [Figure 1 and Video 1] to rule out infection of the instrumentation hardware.