Intervertebral Disc, T2 Hyperintense Jeffrey S. Ross, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Normal Variant Degenerative Disc Disease Vertebral Disc Anular Tear Post-Operative Change, Normal Post-Traumatic Disc Space Infection Less Common Pseudoarthrosis…
Extradural Lesion, T1 Hyperintense Bryson Borg, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Normal Epidural Fat Epidural Lipomatosis Hematoma, Epidural-Subdural Less Common OPLL (with Fatty Marrow) Extraosseous Hemangioma Lipomyelomeningocele Terminal Lipoma Rare but…
Acute Back Pain/Radiculopathy, Post-Operative Kevin R. Moore, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Intervertebral Disc Herniation, Recurrent Intervertebral Disc Herniation, Acute Intervertebral Disc Herniation, Cervical Intervertebral Disc Herniation, Thoracic Intervertebral Disc Herniation,…
Intradural/Extramedullary Lesion, Multiple Bryson Borg, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common CSF Flow Artifact Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Neurofibromatosis Type 2 Metastases, CSF Disseminated Less Common Multiple Nerve Sheath Tumors (Multiple, Nonsyndromic) Schwannoma…
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…
