Radiology Cases | System: Spine

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    ID: 7203 Absent pedicle - spinal mets Dr Frank Gaillard - 16 Sep 2009 X-rays of the thoracic spine demonstrate the left T11 pedicle to be abse...
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    ID: 14694 Absent pedicle in spinal metastases Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 22 Aug 2011
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    ID: 7196 ACDF subsidence Dr Frank Gaillard - 16 Sep 2009 This patient underwent an ACDF with disc spacer. Over the course of 10 m...
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    ID: 17764 Active sacroiliitis Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 10 May 2012
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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: 11189 Ankylosing spondylitis Radswiki - 20 Oct 2010 Bamboo Spine in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis. T...
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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: 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: 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: 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: 5613 Arachnoid cyst - spinal Dr Frank Gaillard - 24 Feb 2009 MRI demonstrates the upper thoracic cord to be displaced anteriorly, adh...
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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 Note the marked widening of the atlanto-occipital joint, consistent with...

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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: 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: 15995 Block vertebra C3/4 Dr Sajoscha Sorrentino (MD) - 4 Dec 2011
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    ID: 15933 Block vertebra C3/4 Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 24 Nov 2011
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    ID: 14814 Block vertebrae (MRI) Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 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: 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: 14257 Butterfly vertebrae with kyphoscoliosis Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 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: 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 MRI of the lumbar spine demonstrates a very large focal central disc ext...
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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 These images are from Dr. Paula Brill's excellent pediatric radiology co...

• C

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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: 14353 Cervical disc hernia with spinal cord compression Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 17 Jul 2011
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    ID: 15997 Cervical inter-vertebral disc repair Dr Sajoscha Sorrentino (MD) - 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 (MD) - 4 Jul 2011
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    ID: 16687 Cervical spine interbody spacers and implants Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 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 (MD) - 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: 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: 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: 12796 Chordoma Dr Frank Gaillard - 11 Jan 2011 Multimodality imaging demonstrates a soft tissue mass with high T2, inte...
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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: 14604 Clay shoveler's fracture Dr Hani Alsalam - 9 Aug 2011
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    ID: 16026 Conjoined root L5/S1 Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 6 Dec 2011 Also note the hypoplastic right arch and facet joint L5/S1.
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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 (MD) - 13 Feb 2012 Also known as slice overlap artifact. If multislice acquisitions are ove...
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    ID: 16386 CT-guided periradicular therapy Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 14 Jan 2012

• D

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    ID: 15114 Deep infiltrating endometriosis involving lumbosacral spinal nerves Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 23 Sep 2011
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    ID: 14374 Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 19 Jul 2011
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    ID: 8452 Dens fracture Dr Frank Gaillard - 2 Feb 2010 Dens fracture
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    ID: 7568 Diastematomyelia Dr Hani Alsalam - 10 Nov 2009 Diastematomyelia with xray, CT myelogram and MRI.Case courtesy of Dr. Ha...
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    ID: 9493 Diastematomyelia Dr Praveen Jha - 24 Apr 2010 A 10 year old male presented with scoliotic deformity since birth, with ...
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    ID: 13137 Diastematomyelia Dr Gagandeep Choudhary - 5 Mar 2011 This case illustrates the less classical type of split cord malformation...
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    ID: 5469 Diastematomyelia : cervical spine Dr Frank Gaillard - 26 Jan 2009 MRI demonstrates a split cord with a fibrous / bony bar passing obliquel...

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    ID: 12361 Diffuse bone metastases - prostate Dr Alexandra Stanislavsky - 15 Nov 2010 Diffusely sclerotic bones in a patient with known metastatic prostate ca...
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    ID: 4751 Discitis osteomyelitis - C5/6 Dr Frank Gaillard - 8 Oct 2008 MRI demonstrates features consistent with C5/6 discitis osteomyelitis wi...
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    ID: 7197 Discitis osteomyelitis L2/3 - Candida Dr Frank Gaillard - 16 Sep 2009 Patient with chronic discitis osteomyelitis due to chronic infection wit...
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    ID: 12747 DISH - diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis Dr Noyan Zenger - 6 Jan 2011 X-rays, CT and MRI of a patient demonstrating changes consistent with
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    ID: 10804 Distended facet sign Dr Muneesh Sharma - 22 Sep 2010 40 year old female with low back achesMR demonstrates the "distended fac...
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    ID: 10345 Dorsal column demyelinating plaque Dr Frank Gaillard - 8 Aug 2010 Single T2 weighted axial image through the cervical cord demonstrates a ...
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    ID: 7567 Dorsal dermal sinus & diastematomyelia Dr Ruslan Esedov - 10 Nov 2009 Dorsal dermal sinus & diastematomyelia.Diastematomyelia with osseous...
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    ID: 13690 Drop metastasis from spinal ependymoma Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 7 May 2011 Contrast enhanced MRI showed recurrent disease at both levels and a larg...

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    ID: 14683 Enostosis (bone island) on MRI Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 22 Aug 2011 Bone islands are devoid of signal in both weightings and typically show ...
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    ID: 8462 Eosinophilic granuloma Dr Frank Gaillard - 3 Feb 2010 Eosinophilic granuloma of the vertebral body in an 11 year old boy.
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    ID: 13730 Epidermal cyst overlying the sacrum Dr Frank Gaillard - 11 May 2011 MRI demonstrates an oval sharply circumscribed mass in the subcutaneous ...
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    ID: 3886 Epidural abscess of the cervical spine Dr Frank Gaillard - 21 Jun 2008 MRI demonstrates an epidural collection: low T1, high T2 with peripheral...
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    ID: 13932 Epidural haematoma - thoracic spine Dr Frank Gaillard - 1 Jun 2011 MRI demonstrates a large extradural collection which has intermediate si...
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    ID: 14991 Ewing sarcoma - C1 Dr Frank Gaillard - 11 Sep 2011 A vertebral mass in an otherwise well child which has no matrix minerali...
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    ID: 14260 Excessive ligamentum flavum hypertrophy causing lumbar spinal stenosis Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 10 Jul 2011
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    ID: 14688 Expansile lumbar vertebral haemangioma Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 22 Aug 2011
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    ID: 13687 Extra- and intradural spinal metastases from breast cancer Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 7 May 2011 MRI of the lumbar spine showed secondary neoplastic lesions in multiple ...
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    ID: 14691 Extradural meningeal cyst Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 22 Aug 2011 Type Ia according to the classification of spinal meningeal cysts by Nab...
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    ID: 13914 Extraforaminal herniated disc Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 30 May 2011 MRI showed a far lateral extraforaminal disc extrusion indenting on...

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    ID: 15196 Fabella nuchae Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 30 Sep 2011
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    ID: 17196 Failed posterior lumbar interbody fusion Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 25 Mar 2012
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    ID: 8451 Fatty filum Dr Frank Gaillard - 2 Feb 2010 Fatty filum terminale
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    ID: 14633 Fibrocartilaginous embolism (suspected) Dr Sumul Modi - 14 Aug 2011 This case is dramatic and the imaging appearances suggested the differen...
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    ID: 15741 Flexion-distraction spinal fracture Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 5 Nov 2011 The dorsal column of the 12th thoracic vertebra has failed in distractio...
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    ID: 9162 Focal central disc protrusion Dr Frank Gaillard - 20 Mar 2010 Focal central disc protrusion
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    ID: 16928 Forestier disease (DISH) Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 1 Mar 2012
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    ID: 8245 Full length spine - normal Dr Frank Gaillard - 20 Jan 2010 Full length spine in a young subject. T1 on the left and T2 on the right.

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    ID: 8252 Ganglioneuroma Dr Frank Gaillard - 20 Jan 2010 Ganglioneuroma. 
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    ID: 17039 Gas-containing lumbar disc herniations Dr Roberto Schubert (MD) - 12 Mar 2012
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    ID: 10384 Giant thoracic meningocoele Dr G Balachandran - 9 Aug 2010 A twenty one year old female was referred for evaluation of paraplegia s...