Normal lumbar spine MRI

Case contributed by Ian Bickle
Diagnosis certain

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Young male with occupational back pain. Disc disease?

Patient Data

Age: 20 years
Gender: Male
mri
This study is a stack
Sagittal
T1
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Sagittal
T2
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Sagittal
STIR
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Axial
T1
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Axial
T2
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Normal appearances of the vertebrae and disc spaces.  Normal bone marrow signal.

The discs exhibit normal signal, without dehydration.

The conus lies at a normal level, L1.  Normal distal cord and cauda equina.

Normal paraspinal muscles.

Case Discussion

An example of a normal MRI of the lumbar spine.

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