{Back pain imaging

MS3 radiology August 2014

X-ray

CT

CT myelogram

MRI

AnatomyFrom Wiltse LL, Berger PE, McCulloch JA. A system for reporting the size and location of lesions of the spine. Spine 1997;22:1534–7; with permission.)    

Normal CT myelo and MRI

Disc Bulge Disc herniation

Disc protrusion

Disc extrusion

Disc herniation

Disc herniation subarticular Spinal canal stenosis –

What are two common causes

Stenosis

Bartynski AJNR Mar 2003

Foraminal stenosis What are two common causes

Foraminal stenosis -

Discectomy & laminectomy Spinal Fusion

Surgery