Chronic Back Pain/Radiculopathy, Post-Operative Kevin R. Moore, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Peridural Fibrosis Intervertebral Disc Herniation, Recurrent Degenerative Disc Disease Instability Post-Laminectomy Spondylolisthesis Accelerated Degeneration Less…
Paraspinal Muscle Abnormality Jeffrey S. Ross, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Traumatic Spinal Muscle Injury Muscle Denervation Pseudomeningocele Paraspinal Abscess Tumor, Benign Lipoma, Soft Tissue Hemangioma, Soft Tissue Neurofibroma Schwannoma Less…
Intervertebral Disc, T1 Hypointense Jeffrey S. Ross, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Congenital Vertebral Body Fusion Degeneration/Calcification Degeneration/Vacuum Phenomenon Osteophyte Instrumentation/Implants Less Common Kümmell Disease Pseudoarthrosis Neurogenic (Charcot) Arthropathy Post-Traumatic Instability…
Intradural/Extramedullary Lesion, No Enhancement Kevin R. Moore, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Filum Terminale Fibrolipoma CSF Flow Artifact Arachnoid Cyst Less Common Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Conjoined Nerve Roots Dermoid and Epidermoid Tumors…
Dural Sinus Lesion, General Bronwyn E. Hamilton, MD Anne G. Osborn, MD, FACR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Arachnoid Granulations, Dural Sinuses Dural Sinus Hypoplasia-Aplasia Thrombosis, Dural Sinus Dural A-V Fistula Less…
Ventral/Lateral Paraspinal Mass Jeffrey S. Ross, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Lymphadenopathy Lymphoma Metastases Metastases, Vertebral Body Aortic Aneurysm Paraspinal Abscess Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage Meningocele, Lateral Neurogenic Tumor Schwannoma Neuroblastoma Ganglioneuroma Less…
Intradural/Extramedullary, Leptomeningeal Enhancement Kevin R. Moore, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Guillain-Barré Syndrome Metastases, CSF Disseminated Meningitis, Spinal Ependymoma, Myxopapillary, Spinal Cord Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Neurofibroma Less Common Neurofibromatosis Type 2…
Facet Abnormality, Non-Traumatic Lubdha M. Shah, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Normal Variant Facet Tropism Facet Arthropathy Facet Synovial Cyst Tumor Destruction Metastases, Lytic Osseous Lymphoma Multiple Myeloma Less Common Rheumatoid…
Extradural Lesion, No Enhancement Julia Crim, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Nonbony Stenosis, Acquired Spinal, Lumbar Facet Joint Synovial Cyst Hematoma, Epidural-Subdural Sequestered Disc Fragment Perineural Root Sleeve Cyst Pseudomeningocele Arachnoid…
Vertebral Endplate Signal Abnormality Jeffrey S. Ross, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Degenerative Endplate Changes Schmorl Node Pyogenic Osteomyelitis Wedge Compression Fracture Post-Treatment Post-Operative Infection Post-Operative Instability Post-Operative Degenerative Endplate Changes…
