Posterior lumbar subcutaneous oedema
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Posterior lumbar subcutaneous oedema is a very frequent finding on MRI of the spine. A clinicalClinical correlation is almost always required to identify the significance of this.
Terminology
Due to its distribution, it is sometimes referred to colloquially as "tramp-stamp oedema".
Epidemiology
It is more common in elderly and female patients.
Pathology
CausesAetiology
- overweight/obesity (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 oedema 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.
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- +<li>overweight/<a title="Obesity" href="/articles/obesity">obesity</a> (raised BMI)</li>
-</ul><p>Due to its distribution it is sometimes referred to as <a href="/articles/tramp-stamp-oedema-1">tramp-stamp oedema</a>. </p>- +</ul>
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