| TITLE: | Magnetic resonance
imaging of the lumbar spine in asymptomatic adults. Cooperative
study--American Society of Neuroimaging.
| AUTHORS:
| Greenberg JO;
Schnell RG
| AUTHOR AFFILIATION:
| Department of
Neurology, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
| SOURCE:
| J Neuroimaging 1991
Feb;1(1):2-7
| CITATION IDS:
| PMID: 10148429 UI:
93903656
| ABSTRACT:
| We performed
magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine on 66 asymptomatic subjects
and found that 12 (18%) had either a disc protrusion or herniation. An
additional 26 (39%) had a bulge that was associated with degenerative disc
disease. We also found examples of spinal stenosis, narrowed nerve root
canals, osteophytes, and vertebral body involvement with multiple myeloma.
Degenerative disc disease is a common finding in asymptomatic adults that
increases in frequency with age. It occurs more frequently in men and
usually involves more than one level. The most common location is L5-S1.
| MAIN MESH HEADINGS:
| Lumbar
Vertebrae/*pathology | *Magnetic Resonance Imaging Spinal Diseases/*diagnosis ADDITIONAL MESH
HEADINGS:
| Adolescence | Adult Female Human Lumbar Vertebrae/abnormalities Lumbar Vertebrae/injuries Male Middle Age 1999/04 1999/02 03:13 PUBLICATION TYPES:
| JOURNAL ARTICLE
| LANGUAGES:
| Eng
| SECONDARY SOURCE ID:
| HTA/93903656
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