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Before we end with a few esoteric entities

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of degenerative nature in the spine,

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I did want to just make a quick comment about

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the uncovertebral joints, because I mentioned

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them at the very beginning of the talk.

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The uncovertebral joints are also

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known as the Luschka joints,

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and they are the joints that are associated

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between body to body in the cervical spine.

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And the Luschka joints extend from the C1,

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the C2-C3 level through the C7-T1 level,

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and they may lead to neural foramina narrowing.

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They may show hypertrophy or they may show

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osteophytic change and spurring.

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And it is seen here on the gradient echo scan

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as dark signal intensity bone on bone,

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which leads to an area of neural foraminal

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narrowing on the left side, demonstrated here.

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So this is, again, associated with degenerative

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change of the Luschka joints.

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You may also see facet joint degenerative change,

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which compromises the neural foramina

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in the cervical spine, as well.

Evaluation of Uncovertebral Joints

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