Presentation
Out-patient imaging for lower back pain.
Patient Data
Age: 45 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Normal spine MRI
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Apart from minor non-compressive cervical degeneration, this is a normal spinal examination.
The conus is at the L2 level, with normal cord signal throughout. Capacious spinal canal. Normal marrow and disc signal. Straightening of expected cervical lordosis. No concerning extraspinal finding.
Case Discussion
At our center, it has become practice to include a sagittal T2 of the cervicothoracic spine ("upper T2 sag") when no gross abnormality is evident to our radiographers on the obtained lumbosacral sequences.
We occasionally pick up the odd mass or spinal lesion, but these studies are most overwhelmingly normal.