Conventional two-dimensional Fourier transform (2DFT) MR evaluation of osteophytic disease of the cervical neural foramina is limited by section thickness, signal-to-noise problems, and CSF flow artifacts. We evaluated the role of thin-section, high-resolution, gradient-refocused three-dimensional Fourier transform (3DFT) MR imaging in assessing degenerative foraminal narrowing in the cervical ...

Purpose Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis (DSL) is a common spinal pathology characterized by the anterior slippage of one vertebral body on another. DSL caused mainly degeneration intervertebral disc in first place, with subsequent facet joints that end causing slippage. As disease evolves, stability restored as result advanced and collapse. But while this natural evolution takes may produ...

Diagram of a transverse section of the neck at the level of C.6, to demonstrate the origin and the course of the posterior branches of the spinal nerves. On the right side is shown intraforaminal avulsion of the spinal root. The electromyograph of the deep posterior neck muscles will show fibrillation potentials: an unfavourable prognosis. On the left side is shown extraforaminal damage of the ...

OBJECTIVE To characterize and compare the MRI morphological features of the cervical vertebral column of Great Danes with and without clinical signs of cervical spondylomyelopathy (CSM). DESIGN Prospective cohort study. ANIMALS 30 Great Danes (15 clinically normal and 15 CSM-affected). PROCEDURES All dogs underwent MRI of the cervical vertebral column (C2-3 through T1-2). Features evaluat...

OBJECTIVE We herein describe a case with an extraspinal mass distorting the right L4 dorsal root ganglion. Initially presumed to be a nerve root schwannoma, the lesion turned out to be a free disc fragment. METHODS AND RESULTS A 46-year-old woman presented with a history of mild low back and intense right leg pain. The leg pain was like electrical discharges. Right knee extension was weak tog...