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3659376

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-11-18
pubmed:abstractText
A retrospective study of the magnetic resonance (MR) images of the lumbar spines of 13 healthy subjects and 30 patients with degenerative changes was done. In the healthy subjects, the vertebral facets, thickness of the cartilage and ligamentum flavum, signal characteristics of the bone marrow, and size of the spinal canal were studied. In the patients with degenerative changes in one of these structures, MR images in the sagittal plane were useful in demonstrating hypertrophy of the ligamentum flavum or the vertebral facets, in grading the degree of foraminal stenosis, and in measuring the sagittal diameter of the spinal cord. MR images in the axial plane facilitated detailed analysis of the facet joint and more accurate measurements of the thickness of the ligamentum flavum and spinal canal diameter. MR images were compared with computed tomography scans in 12 patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0033-8419
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
165
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
517-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Normal and degenerative posterior spinal structures: MR imaging.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, David W. Devon Medical Imaging Center, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article