Posterior lumbar subcutaneous oedema
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Body
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Posterior lumbar subcutaneous oedema is a very frequent finding on MRI of spine. A clinical correlation is almost always required to identify the significance of this.
Pathology
Causes
- overweight (raised BMI)
- age (advancing age)
- sex(more common in females)
- posterior compartment degenerative changes (facet arthropathy)
- infectious process
- neoplastic causes
Radiographic features
MRI
It is the same appearance as that of edemaoedema elsewhere in the body.
- T2 and STIR: hyperintense signal
- T1: hypointense signal
Due to its distribution it is sometimes referred to as tramp-stamp oedema.
-<li>sex (more common in females)</li>- +<li>sex (more common in females)</li>
-</ul><h4>Radiographic features</h4><h5>MRI </h5><p>It is the same appearance as that of edema elsewhere in the body.</p><ul>- +</ul><h4>Radiographic features</h4><h5>MRI </h5><p>It is the same appearance as that of oedema elsewhere in the body.</p><ul>
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