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…
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…
