Posterior lumbar subcutaneous oedema
Updates to Article Attributes
Body
was changed:
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 edema 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>overweight (raised BMI)</li>-<li>age (advancing age)</li>-<li>sex (more common in females)</li>-<li>posterior compartment degenerative changes (facet arthropathy)</li>-<li>infectious process</li>-<li>neoplastic causes</li>- +<li>overweight (raised BMI)</li>
- +<li>age (advancing age)</li>
- +<li>sex (more common in females)</li>
- +<li>posterior compartment degenerative changes (facet arthropathy)</li>
- +<li>infectious process</li>
- +<li>neoplastic causes</li>
-<li>-<strong>T2</strong> and<strong> STIR</strong> - hyperintense signal</li>-<li>-<strong>T1</strong> - hypointense signal</li>-</ul>- +<li>
- +<strong>T2</strong> and<strong> STIR</strong> - hyperintense signal</li>
- +<li>
- +<strong>T1</strong> - hypointense signal</li>
- +</ul><p>Due to its distribution it is sometimes referred to as <a title="Tramp-stamp oedema" href="/articles/tramp-stamp-edema">tramp-stamp oedema</a>. </p>
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