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Contralateral thinking

Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Manchester, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK

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A 23-year-old man presented to a sports injury clinic with a 6 month history of exercise induced low back pain with radiation to his right buttock. 18 months previously he had been treated for osteomyelitis of the right medial malleolus. On examination there was no neurological deficit. Initial investigations consisted of antero-posterior (AP) and lateral lumbar spine films (Fig. 1) and a ⁹⁹Tc^m HDP bone scan (Fig. 2). Haematological and biochemical investigations were normal.

Received for publication April 25, 1991. Accepted for publication June 4, 1991.