Table of Contents
- Overview
- Results
- Risks
- Prevention
- Images
Magnetic resonance imaging - spine; Nuclear magnetic resonance - spine; MRI of the spine; NMR - spine
Normal Values
What abnormal results mean
Spine MRI may reveal disorders such as:
Spinal cord compression Syringomyelia Cervical disk disorders Lumbar disk disorders Tumors of the spine -
Enlarged lymph nodes near the spine - Degenerative lesions of the spinal cord
Herniated disk
Multiple sclerosis Myelomeningocele (children)
The sensitivity of MRI depends, in part, on the experience of the radiologist.
Images
Posterior spinal anatomy
Vertebra, thoracic (mid back)
Vertebra, lumbar (low back)
Bones of the spine
Review Date: 01/24/2007
Reviewed By: Stuart Bentley-Hibbert, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Radiology, Weill
Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed
Healthcare Network.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
