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1/2019
vol. 84 Musculoskeletal radiology
abstract:
Original paper
Evaluation of spinal-paraspinal parameters to determine segmentation of the vertebrae
Elif Peker
1
,
Nur Hürsoy
1
,
Habip E. Akkaya
1
,
Sena Ünal
1
,
Başak Gülpınar
1
,
Bilgesu Arıkan
1
,
Ezgi Anamurluoğlu
1
,
İlhan M. Erden
1
1.
Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Turkey
© Pol J Radiol 2019; 84: e470-e477
Online publish date: 2019/11/20
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Purpose
We aimed to evaluate whether lumbar vertebrae can be correctly numbered using auxiliary parameters. Material and methods Vertebra corpus shape, O’Driscoll classification, lumbosacral axis angle, last two square vertebra dimensions, orifice of right renal artery (RRA), orifice of celiac truncus (CT), orifice of superior mesenteric artery (SMA), vena cava inferior confluence (CVC), abdominal aorta bifurcation (AB), and iliolumbar ligament were evaluated in this study. Results Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae (LSTV) were observed in 13 (9%) patients. The most common locations of the paraspinal parameters were: RRA: L1 vertebrae (45%), SMA: L1 vertebrae (66%), CT: T12 vertebrae (46%), AB: L4 vertebrae (63%), and CVC: L4 vertebrae (52%). Conclusions According to the results of our study, no single parameter in the magnetic resonance imaging can accurately indicate the number of vertebrae without counting the levels. As a result, we believe that these parameters may be suspicious in terms of the presence of LSTV rather than the correct level. keywords:
lumbosacral transitional vertebra, MRI, sacralisation, lumbarisation |