Spondylolysis of the Lumber Spine (Clinical value of MR imaging)

Hidehiro Matsumoto; Kenzo Itou; Hiromichi Tanaka; Hideki Furukawa; Ryosuke Hirakata

doi:10.5035/nishiseisai.41.414

Orthopedics & Traumatology

Online ISSN : 1349-4333
Print ISSN : 0037-1033
ISSN-L : 0037-1033

Spondylolysis of the Lumber Spine (Clinical value of MR imaging)

Hidehiro Matsumoto, Kenzo Itou, Hiromichi Tanaka, Hideki Furukawa, Ryosuke Hirakata

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1992 Volume 41 Issue 1 Pages 414-417

DOI https://doi.org/10.5035/nishiseisai.41.414

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Abstract

The appearance on MRI of the pars interarticularis was evaluated in 13 patients with lumbar spondylolysis (L₅) and contrasted with the backache. T1-weighted images showed the lysis better than T2-weighted images. Sagittal MR images were most useful in delineating soft-tissue lesions around the lysis. Stenosis of the neural foramen by hypertrophic soft-tissue change was recognized in the patient with severe backache, furthermore, the degree of stenosis seemed to correlate with that of the seventy of backache.

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