{Back pain imaging
MS3 radiology August 2014
X-ray
CT
CT myelogram
MRI
AnatomyFrom Wiltse LL, Berger PE, McCulloch JA. A system for reporting the size and location of lesions of the spine. Spine 1997;22:1534–7; with permission.)
Normal CT myelo and MRI
Disc Bulge Disc herniation
Disc protrusion
Disc extrusion
Disc herniation
Disc herniation subarticular Spinal canal stenosis –
What are two common causes
Stenosis
Bartynski AJNR Mar 2003
Foraminal stenosis What are two common causes
Foraminal stenosis -
Discectomy & laminectomy Spinal Fusion
Surgery
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