Lumbar spine imaging. Normal variants, imaging pitfalls, and artifacts

J Tehranzadeh; C Andrews; E Wong

doi:10.1016/s0033-8389(08)70004-6

Lumbar spine imaging. Normal variants, imaging pitfalls, and artifacts

Radiol Clin North Am. 2000 Nov;38(6):1207-53, v-vi. doi: 10.1016/s0033-8389(08)70004-6.

Authors

J Tehranzadeh¹, C Andrews, E Wong

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California Irvine, Orange, USA. jtehranz@uci.edu

PMID: 11131630
DOI: 10.1016/s0033-8389(08)70004-6

Abstract

Accurate recognition and reporting of spine abnormalities on MRI requires knowledge of normal anatomy and its variants. This article deals with common normal variants, points out pitfalls which may be sources of errors in interpretation and describes imaging artifacts which are essential to be recognized and not mistaken for true pathologies.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Artifacts*
Bone Marrow / anatomy & histology
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Imaging*
Humans
Intervertebral Disc / anatomy & histology
Low Back Pain / diagnosis
Lumbar Vertebrae / anatomy & histology*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Postoperative Complications
Spinal Diseases / diagnosis*
Spinal Diseases / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed