Cauda Equina Syndrome Bryson Borg, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Stenosis, Acquired Spinal, Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Herniation, Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Trauma Burst Fracture, Lumbar Sacral Fracture (Zone 3) Traumatic Spondylolisthesis Penetrating Injury…
Intervertebral Disc/Endplate Irregularity Jeffrey S. Ross, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Degenerative Disc Disease Degenerative Endplate Changes (Modic Changes) Schmorl Node Accelerated Degeneration Scheuermann Disease Pyogenic Disc Space Infection Tuberculous Disc…
Intradural/Extramedullary Lesion, T1 Hyperintense Jeffrey S. Ross, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Metal Artifact Filum Terminale Fibrolipoma Lipoma Subdural Hematoma Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Lipomyelomeningocele Less Common Dermoid and Epidermoid Tumors Melanoma Metastasis…
Intradural/Extramedullary Lesion, T2 Hyper, T1 Iso Jeffrey S. Ross, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Schwannoma Neurofibroma Epidermoid Ependymoma CSF Disseminated Metastases Less Common Cysticercosis Tuberculoma Sarcoidosis Meningioma Rare but Important Paraganglioma…
Subarachnoid Space Narrowing Bryson Borg, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Stenosis, Acquired Spinal Stenosis, Congenital Spinal Extra-axial Mass Hematoma, Epidural-Subdural Abscess, Epidural Meningioma Metastasis, Epidural OPLL Enlarged Cord Demyelinating Disease Multiple…
Bony Lesion, Aggressive Lubdha M. Shah, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Metastases, Lytic Osseous Metastases, Blastic Osseous Lymphoma Multiple Myeloma Osteomyelitis, Pyogenic Osteomyelitis, Granulomatous Less Common Degenerative Endplate Changes Accelerated Degeneration…
Intradural Lesion, Serpentine Jeffrey S. Ross, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common CSF Flow Artifact Vascular Malformation, Type 1 Vascular Malformation, Type 2 Redundant Roots due to Thecal Sac Compression Central Stenosis…
Extradural, Normal Marrow Signal Kevin R. Moore, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Disc Herniation Intervertebral Disc Herniation, Cervical Intervertebral Disc Herniation, Thoracic Intervertebral Disc Herniation, Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Extrusion, Foraminal Osseous…
Disc Contour Abnormality Jeffrey S. Ross, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Intervertebral Disc Bulge Disc Pseudobulge Protrusion, Intervertebral Disc Cervical Thoracic Lumbar Extrusion, Intervertebral Disc Cervical Thoracic Lumbar Free Fragment, Intervertebral…
Cord, Small/Atrophic Bryson Borg, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Focal Cord Atrophy Compressive Myelopathy, Chronic Multiple Sclerosis, Other Noncompressive Myelopathies Cord Trauma, Chronic Infarction, Spinal Cord, Chronic Radiation Myelitis, Chronic Diffuse…
