Magnetic resonance signal patterns of lumbar discs in patients with low back pain : a prospective study with discographic correlation

This study presents a large prospective analysis of abnormal magnetic resonance signal patterns in 1,389 lumbar discs in 892 patients with chronic low back pain. Discographic correlations were available at 166 disc levels. Six different signal patterns were identified, and correlations with discogra...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) Pa. 1976), 1992-10, Vol.17 (10), p.1199-1204
1. Verfasser:	BUIRSKI, G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Diatrizoate Meglumine Diseases of the osteoarticular system Diseases of the spine Female Humans Intervertebral Disc - diagnostic imaging Intervertebral Disc - pathology Intervertebral Disc Displacement - complications Intervertebral Disc Displacement - diagnosis Intervertebral Disc Displacement - epidemiology Low Back Pain - etiology Lumbar Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging Lumbar Vertebrae - pathology Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical sciences Prospective Studies Radiography
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Zusammenfassung:	This study presents a large prospective analysis of abnormal magnetic resonance signal patterns in 1,389 lumbar discs in 892 patients with chronic low back pain. Discographic correlations were available at 166 disc levels. Six different signal patterns were identified, and correlations with discograms would suggest that these patterns reflect the differing and progressive changes of lumbar disc degeneration that occur in vivo in patients with low back pain.
ISSN:	0362-2436 1528-1159
DOI:	10.1097/00007632-199210000-00012