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1/2020
vol. 85 abstract:
Review paper
Magnetic resonance imaging of the spine
Blair Allen Winegar
1
,
Matthew Derek Kay
2
,
Mihra S. Taljanovic
3, 4
1.
Department of Medical Imaging, Ophthalmology and Vision Science and Neurosurgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, USA
2.
Department of Medical Imaging, University of Arizona College of Medicine, USA
3.
Department of Medical Imaging and Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, USA
4.
Business – SimonMed Imaging, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Pol J Radiol 2020; 85: e550-e574
Online publish date: 2020/09/25
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Low back and neck pain are common and result in significant patient disability and health care expenditure. When conservative treatment fails or worrisome clinical findings are present, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the imaging modality of choice to assess the cause and complicating features of spine pain. There are many potential aetiologies of spine pain with similar clinical presentation, including degenerative changes, infection, and insufficiency and pathologic fractures. MRI allows for the differentiation of these sources of spine pain and potential complicating features, permitting the appropriate direction of therapy.
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MRI, low back pain, neck pain, degenerative disc disease, spondylodiscitis, insufficiency fracture |