Vertebral Body Thickened Bony Trabeculae Lubdha M. Shah, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Hemangioma Paget Disease Osteoporosis Less Common Fibrous Dysplasia Plasmacytoma Rare but Important Metastases, Blastic Osseous Lymphoma ESSENTIAL INFORMATION…
Vertebral Endplate Contour Abnormality Julia Crim, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Schmorl Node Degenerative Endplate Changes Limbus Vertebra Anterior Compression Fracture Lateral Compression Fracture Scheuermann Disease Osteomyelitis, Pyogenic Sickle Cell Less…
Fracture, Posterior Element Julia Crim, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Cervical Hyperextension Injury, Cervical Burst Fracture, Cervical Hangman’s C2 Fracture Lateral Flexion Injury, Cervical Jefferson C1 Fracture Burst Fracture, C2 Clay…
Vertebral Body Sclerosis, Focal Bryson Borg, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Bone Island Hemangioma Degenerative Endplate Changes Metastases, Blastic Osseous Insufficiency Fracture, Pedicle Vertebroplasty/Kyphoplasty Compression Fracture Less Common Chronic Osteomyelitis Early…
CVJ Abnormality, General Julia Crim, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Bone Trauma Odontoid Fracture, C2 Burst Fracture, C2 Hangman’s Fracture, C2 Jefferson C1 Fracture Occipital Condyle Fracture Os Odontoideum Congenital Neural…
Vertebral Body, T1 Hypointense Signal, Focal Bryson Borg, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Basivertebral Vein Schmorl Node Bone Island Hemangioma (Atypical) Fracture Surgical Material Metallic Hardware Bone Cement Osteomyelitis, Pyogenic Osteomyelitis,…
Pedicle Abnormality Bryson Borg, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Congenitally Short Pedicles Stress Reaction Trauma Thinning/Remodeling from Intraspinal or Transforaminal Mass Schwannoma Neurofibroma Perineural Root Sleeve Cyst Arachnoid Cyst Dural Dysplasia…
CVJ Soft Tissue Abnormality Jeffrey S. Ross, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Rheumatoid Arthritis Retro-Odontoid Pseudotumor Osteomyelitis, C1-C2 Extramedullary Tumor Metastases Lymphoma Plasmacytoma Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Schwannoma Paraganglioma Chordoma…
Back Pain, Adult Bryson Borg, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Intervertebral Disc Bulge Intervertebral Disc Herniation Facet Arthropathy Intervertebral Disc Anular Tear Stenosis, Acquired Spinal Spondylolysis Spinal Muscle Injury Instability Benign…
Vertebral Body, T1 Hyperintense Signal, Focal Kevin R. Moore, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Normal Variant Hemangioma Degenerative Endplate Changes Focal Fatty Marrow Gadolinium Enhancement Less Common Paget Disease Metastasis, Melanoma…
