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Thursday, January 8, 2009

Spine MRI

MRI scan
MRI scans
Posterior spinal anatomy
Posterior spinal anatomy
skeletal spine
Skeletal spine
Vertebra, lumbar (low back)
Vertebra, lumbar (low back)
Vertebra, thoracic (mid back)
Vertebra, thoracic (mid back)
Alternative Names

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.



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.

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