Radiology Cases | System: Spine

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    ID: 19549 "Carrot stick" fracture through C6-7 disc - ankylosing spondylitis Dr Chris O'Donnell - 22 Sep 2012 Related articlesankylosing spondylitis

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    ID: 7203 Absent pedicle - from spinal metastasis Dr Frank Gaillard - 16 Sep 2009 X-rays of the thoracic spine demonstrate the left  T11 pedicle to be abs...
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    ID: 14694 Absent pedicle in spinal metastases Dr Roberto Schubert - 22 Aug 2011
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    ID: 21331 Accessory ossicle of anterior arch of the atlas Dr Charudutt Jayant Sambhaji - 16 Jan 2013 The findings are consistent with accessory ossicle of the anterior arch ...
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    ID: 17764 Active sacroiliitis Dr Roberto Schubert - 10 May 2012
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    ID: 18590 Acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL) Dr Maxime St-Amant - 14 Jul 2012 ALL was confirmed in this patient after bone marrow biopsy. It is the mo...
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    ID: 20931 Acute myelitis Dr Vinay Shah - 22 Dec 2012 These findings most likely represent changes of myelitis. 
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    ID: 19741 Acute transverse myelitis Dr Vinay Shah - 8 Oct 2012 Typical appearances of transverse myelitis. Related articlestransverse m...
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    ID: 23345 Adrenoleukodystrophy Dr Augusto César Vieira Teixeira - 8 Jun 2013 Related articlesadrenoleukodystrophy
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    ID: 9166 Aggressive vertebral haemangioma Dr Frank Gaillard - 20 Mar 2010 Aggressive vertebral haemangioma demonstrating low T1 signal (low fat ...
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    ID: 8748 Ankylosing spondylitis Dr Ruslan Esedov - 27 Feb 2010 Ankylosing spondylitis or Bechterew's disease
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    ID: 11188 Ankylosing spondylitis Radswiki - 20 Oct 2010 AS with dural ectasia Related articles Dural ectasia Ankylosing spondyl...
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    ID: 11189 Ankylosing spondylitis Radswiki - 20 Oct 2010 Bamboo Spine in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis. T...
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    ID: 21251 Ankylosing spondylitis Dr MT Niknejad - 12 Jan 2013 The findings in a 64 Y/O male are compatible with ankylosing spondylitis...
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    ID: 7777 Ankylosing spondylitis and chalk fracture Dr Frank Gaillard - 6 Dec 2009 This patient with well known ankylosing spondylitis had a fall. CT at th...
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    ID: 21781 Ankylosing spondylitis with bamboo spine and dagger sign Dr MT Niknejad - 18 Feb 2013 The findings of xray in a 40 Y/O male with back pain and stiffness are c...
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    ID: 12574 Annular fissure Dr Frank Gaillard - 18 Dec 2010 MRI of the lower lumbar spine demonstrates a right posterolateral annula...
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    ID: 2969 Annular tear L5/S1 Dr Laughlin Dawes - 22 May 2008 52 Year old woman with low back pain. MRI shows degenerated L5/S1 disc w...
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    ID: 7196 Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) subsidence Dr Frank Gaillard - 16 Sep 2009 This patient underwent an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF)...
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    ID: 17514 Anterior cervical vertebral corpectomy with fibular allograft Dr Yuranga Weerakkody - 21 Apr 2012 Typical appearances of a an anterior cervical corpectomy with a fibular ...
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    ID: 22226 Anterolisthesis Dr Jeremy Jones - 21 Mar 2013 There is almost complete anterior displacement of L5 on S1. The shape of...
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    ID: 5613 Arachnoid cyst - spinal Dr Frank Gaillard - 24 Feb 2009 This case illustrates the typical appearances of a spinal canal arachnoi...
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    ID: 10055 Arachnoid cyst - spinal Dr Stefan Ludwig - 16 Jun 2010 - 40 year old female with spinal arachnoid cysts located mostly anterior...
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    ID: 20333 Arcuate foramen Dr Patrick Nicholson - 13 Nov 2012 The arcuate foramen is a bony ridge on the atlas (C1 vertebral body) tha...
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    ID: 18323 Atlanto-axial subluxation with background Down syndrome Dr Yuranga Weerakkody - 29 Jun 2012 Related articlesDown syndrome
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    ID: 8015 Atlantoaxial disassociation Dr Frank Gaillard - 3 Jan 2010 Atlantoaxial disassociation
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    ID: 10365 Atlantooccipital assimilation Dr Frank Gaillard - 8 Aug 2010 Atlantooccipital assimilation with possible / probably also involvement ...
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    ID: 10273 Atlantooccipital disassociation Dr Frank Gaillard - 31 Jul 2010 Atlanto-occipital disassociation is usually seen in children and can be ...

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    ID: 19408 Baastrup syndrome Dr Maxime St-Amant - 5 Sep 2012 Baastrup syndrome
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    ID: 13439 Baastrup syndrome Dr Paresh K Desai - 12 Apr 2011 MRI reveals Grade II listhesis of L5 over S1 with pseudo-articulation be...
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    ID: 18560 Baastrup syndrome with interspinous osteoarthritis Dr Roberto Schubert - 12 Jul 2012

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    ID: 13990 Bilateral facet dislocation Gerry Gardner - 9 Jun 2011 The patient was an in-patient who had a fall on the ward.A bilateral C6/...
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    ID: 21424 Bilateral locked facets Dr Chris O'Donnell - 22 Jan 2013 The findings are compatible with bilateral locked facets.Locked facets o...
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    ID: 23019 Block cervical vertebra Dr Çağlayan Çakır - 14 May 2013 A block vertebrae is a type of vertebral anomaly.There is partial or com...
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    ID: 18214 Block vertebra C2/3 Dr Roberto Schubert - 19 Jun 2012
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    ID: 15933 Block vertebra C3/4 Dr Roberto Schubert - 24 Nov 2011
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    ID: 15995 Block vertebra C3/4 Dr Sajoscha Sorrentino - 4 Dec 2011
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    ID: 14814 Block vertebrae (MRI) Dr Roberto Schubert - 29 Aug 2011
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    ID: 9977 Breast cancer metastasis to pedicle Dr Frank Gaillard - 3 Jun 2010 Breast cancer metastasis to left posterior vertebral body and pedicle.
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    ID: 19376 Brucellosis spondylodiscitis (Spondylodiscite brucellienne compliquée) Dr Rahmoun Fateh - 2 Sep 2012
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    ID: 22980 Burst fracture Dr Ahmed Abd Rabou - 10 May 2013 Related articleburst fracture
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    ID: 17269 Burst fracture and Schmorl node after fall from height Dr Bruno Di Muzio - 30 Mar 2012 Burst fracture occurs when vertebral body is severely compressed. Normal...
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    ID: 8124 Butterfly vertebra Dr Angela Byrne - 13 Jan 2010 Butterfly vertebra in a 2 year old boy with VATER syndrome who also has ...
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    ID: 19407 Butterfly vertebrae and hemivertebrae Dr Maxime St-Amant - 5 Sep 2012 Related articles: hemivertebrae butterfly vertebrae
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    ID: 14257 Butterfly vertebrae with kyphoscoliosis Dr Roberto Schubert - 10 Jul 2011

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    ID: 11268 C2 teardrop fracture Radswiki - 20 Oct 2010 CT and plain film demonstrating a teardrop fracture of the C2 vertebral ...
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    ID: 18706 C4-C5 luxation (Luxation C4-C5) Dr Rahmoun Fateh - 18 Jul 2012
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    ID: 9725 Canine wobbler's syndrome Dr Doug - 16 May 2010 Canine Wobblers Syndrome is the result of spinal cord compression. This ...
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    ID: 13942 Cauda equina compression Dr Frank Gaillard - 2 Jun 2011 This case illustrates the typical appearances of a large disc extrusion ...
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    ID: 8450 Caudal regression Dr Frank Gaillard - 2 Feb 2010 Caudal regression
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    ID: 8235 Caudal regression Dr Frank Gaillard - 19 Jan 2010 Caudal regression
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    ID: 11282 Caudal regression syndrome Radswiki - 20 Oct 2010 These images are from Dr. Paula Brill's excellent pediatric radiology co...
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    ID: 11283 Caudal regression syndrome Radswiki - 20 Oct 2010 Related articles:caudal regression syndromeThese images are from Dr. Pau...
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    ID: 22676 Caudal regression syndrome Dr Ahmed Abd Rabou - 15 Apr 2013 Associated with VACTERL syndromeRelated article Caudal regression syndro...
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    ID: 19756 Caudal regression syndrome Dr Ashutosh Gandhi - 10 Oct 2012 Caudal regression syndrome is rare but has fairly characteristic imaging...
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    ID: 10276 Caudal regression with lipoma Dr Frank Gaillard - 31 Jul 2010 Caudal regression with a spinal lipoma.
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    ID: 18348 Cervical canal stenosis Dr Yi-Jin Kuok - 2 Jul 2012 on MRI imaging alone it is difficult to appreciate the facet joint insta...
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    ID: 14353 Cervical disc hernia with spinal cord compression Dr Roberto Schubert - 17 Jul 2011
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    ID: 15997 Cervical inter-vertebral disc repair Dr Sajoscha Sorrentino - 4 Dec 2011
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    ID: 13143 Cervical meninigioma Dr Paresh K Desai - 6 Mar 2011 MRI of cervical spine reveals an intradural extramedullary mass along th...
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    ID: 14176 Cervical rib Dr Roberto Schubert - 4 Jul 2011
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    ID: 21755 Cervical spine in rheumatoid arthritis Dr Praveen Jha - 16 Feb 2013 This case shows characteristic 'pannus' formation around the dens, and a...

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    ID: 16687 Cervical spine interbody spacers and implants Dr Roberto Schubert - 10 Feb 2012 A living testimony of the advances in spinal surgery.
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    ID: 14347 Cervical spine metastasis with vertebral artery encasement Dr Roberto Schubert - 17 Jul 2011
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    ID: 15145 Cervical trauma - with burst fracture Gerry Gardner - 26 Sep 2011 The patient was referred to spinal centre.
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    ID: 19866 Cervico dorsal spinal cord astrocytoma Dr Ashutosh Gandhi - 18 Oct 2012
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    ID: 17027 Chalk-stick cervical spine fracture (DISH / OPLL) Dr Frank Gaillard - 11 Mar 2012 This case demonstrates features of both DISH and OPLL, a well recog...
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    ID: 7198 Charcot joint (spine) Dr Frank Gaillard - 16 Sep 2009 Path proven Charcot joint in a diabetic patient. Note the distinctive di...
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    ID: 15819 Chiari 1 malformation with focal syrinx Dr Frank Gaillard - 14 Nov 2011 This case illustrates a Chiari 1 malformation complicated by a focal syr...
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    ID: 10358 Chiari 1 malformation, syrinx and scoliosis Dr Frank Gaillard - 8 Aug 2010 Child with a Chiari 1 malformation and resulting extensive syrinx with r...
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    ID: 12712 Chiari I malformation Dr Gagandeep Choudhary - 2 Jan 2011 MRI demonstrates low lying cerebellar tonsills, embracing the medulla, c...
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    ID: 18924 Chiari I malformation with dorso-lumbar syrinx Dr Maxime St-Amant - 27 Jul 2012 Related articles : Chiari malformation Chiari I malformation syrinx &am...
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    ID: 16044 Chiari II malformation Dr Frank Gaillard - 10 Dec 2011 Related articlesChiari malformationsChiari II malformationmyelomeningocoele
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    ID: 16049 Chiari II malformation Dr Frank Gaillard - 11 Dec 2011 This patient was born with a sacral myelomeningocoele which was reparied...
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    ID: 16050 Chiari II malformation Dr Frank Gaillard - 11 Dec 2011 This case illustrates many of the common features of Chiari II malformat...
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    ID: 18005 Chiari malformation - type 1 + syrinx Dr Miguel Terrazas Terrazas - 31 May 2012
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    ID: 21750 Chondrosarcoma of the spine Dr MT Niknejad - 15 Feb 2013 The findings of x-ray are consistent of chondrosarcoma from the transver...
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    ID: 12796 Chordoma Dr Frank Gaillard - 11 Jan 2011 Although chordomas are typically seen in young adults they need to be co...
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    ID: 11306 Chordoma Radswiki - 20 Oct 2010 CT demonstrates a sacral chordomaThe images are from Dr. John Hunt...
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    ID: 12663 Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) Dr Frank Gaillard - 29 Dec 2010 MRI demonstrates thickening and clumping of cauda equina nerve roots. Th...
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    ID: 16804 Chronic myeloid leukaemia - MRI Dr Chris O'Donnell - 21 Feb 2012 Related articles bone marrow signal (MRI) leukaemia
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    ID: 19173 Chronic myeloid leukemia Dr Maxime St-Amant - 12 Aug 2012 One must always look for this on any spinal MRI, as diffuse homogeneous ...
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    ID: 22825 Clasp-knife deformity Dr Iqbal Naseem - 26 Apr 2013 Enlarged downward projecting spinous process of L5 vertebra extending up...
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    ID: 14604 Clay shoveler's fracture Dr Hani Alsalam - 9 Aug 2011
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    ID: 22568 Clay-shoveler's fracture Dr David Ferreira - 7 Apr 2013 This fracture is mechanically stable unless the fracture is extended int...
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    ID: 19432 Clay-shoveler's fracture (C3-C5) Dr Maxime St-Amant - 8 Sep 2012 This is a stable cervical spine fracture.Related article:Clay-shoveler f...
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    ID: 16026 Conjoined root L5/S1 Dr Roberto Schubert - 6 Dec 2011 Also note the hypoplastic right arch and facet joint L5/S1.
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    ID: 19101 Coronal lumbar vertebral split fracture with endplate depression Dr Roberto Schubert - 6 Aug 2012
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    ID: 12443 CPPD of the cervical spine Dr Erik Ranschaert - 25 Nov 2010 Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) disease or pseudogout of the cerv...
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    ID: 16705 Crosstalk artifact Dr Roberto Schubert - 13 Feb 2012 Also known as slice overlap artifact. If multislice acquisitions are ove...
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    ID: 21905 CT myelography for lumbar spinal stenosis Dr Bruno Di Muzio - 24 Feb 2013
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    ID: 16386 CT-guided periradicular therapy Dr Roberto Schubert - 14 Jan 2012