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1 topic, 3 min.
36 topics, 3 hr. 17 min.
Introduction to Degenerative Spine Disease
6 m.MRI Pulse Sequences for Degenerative Spine Disease
7 m.Anatomy of an Intervertebral Disc
4 m.Pulse Sequences For Lumbar Spine Imaging
10 m.Nomenclature of Intervertebral Disc Disease
12 m.Disc Protrusions vs. Extrusions
8 m.Disc Sequestration
8 m.Reporting of Lumbar Spine Degenerative Changes
14 m.Case of Lumbar Spine Degenerative Disc Disease
11 m.Case of Disc Protrusion
5 m.Appropriate Reporting of Spine Degenerative Changes
7 m.Describing Disc Protrusion Location and Important Features
4 m.Analyzing a Disc Extrusion
3 m.Foraminal/Far-Lateral Disc Herniation
5 m.Cervical Spine Disc Extrusion
8 m.Annular Fissure
3 m.Contained vs. Uncontained Disc Herniation
7 m.Terminology for Herniation Location
4 m.Modic Classification of Degenerative Marrow Changes
9 m.Modic Type 1 Endplate Changes
3 m.Identifying an Annular Fissure
3 m.Modic Type II Endplate Changes
4 m.Differentiate Postoperative Scar vs. Recurrent Herniation
8 m.Identify Common Causes of Spinal Canal Stenosis
7 m.Grading and Common Causes of Spondylolisthesis
7 m.Spondylolisthesis Secondary to Spondylolysis
3 m.Synovial Cyst
4 m.Clinical Importance of Posteriorly Projecting Synovial Cyst
3 m.Common Causes of Acquired Stenosis
6 m.Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (OPLL)
6 m.Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH)
3 m.Role of CT for the Identification of OPLL
5 m.Association of OPLL and OLF
3 m.Evaluation of Uncovertebral Joints
2 m.Uncovertebral Degenerative Disease and Foraminal Narrowing
4 m.Other Causes of Low Back Pain and Spinal Canal Stenosis
8 m.0:00
Before we end with a few esoteric entities
0:04
of degenerative nature in the spine,
0:06
I did want to just make a quick comment about
0:09
the uncovertebral joints, because I mentioned
0:11
them at the very beginning of the talk.
0:13
The uncovertebral joints are also
0:14
known as the Luschka joints,
0:16
and they are the joints that are associated
0:18
between body to body in the cervical spine.
0:22
And the Luschka joints extend from the C1,
0:25
the C2-C3 level through the C7-T1 level,
0:29
and they may lead to neural foramina narrowing.
0:33
They may show hypertrophy or they may show
0:36
osteophytic change and spurring.
0:39
And it is seen here on the gradient echo scan
0:42
as dark signal intensity bone on bone,
0:45
which leads to an area of neural foraminal
0:48
narrowing on the left side, demonstrated here.
0:51
So this is, again, associated with degenerative
0:56
change of the Luschka joints.
0:58
You may also see facet joint degenerative change,
1:01
which compromises the neural foramina
1:03
in the cervical spine, as well.
Interactive Transcript
0:00
Before we end with a few esoteric entities
0:04
of degenerative nature in the spine,
0:06
I did want to just make a quick comment about
0:09
the uncovertebral joints, because I mentioned
0:11
them at the very beginning of the talk.
0:13
The uncovertebral joints are also
0:14
known as the Luschka joints,
0:16
and they are the joints that are associated
0:18
between body to body in the cervical spine.
0:22
And the Luschka joints extend from the C1,
0:25
the C2-C3 level through the C7-T1 level,
0:29
and they may lead to neural foramina narrowing.
0:33
They may show hypertrophy or they may show
0:36
osteophytic change and spurring.
0:39
And it is seen here on the gradient echo scan
0:42
as dark signal intensity bone on bone,
0:45
which leads to an area of neural foraminal
0:48
narrowing on the left side, demonstrated here.
0:51
So this is, again, associated with degenerative
0:56
change of the Luschka joints.
0:58
You may also see facet joint degenerative change,
1:01
which compromises the neural foramina
1:03
in the cervical spine, as well.
Report
Description
Faculty
David M Yousem, MD, MBA
Professor of Radiology, Vice Chairman and Associate Dean
Johns Hopkins University
Tags
Spine
Non-infectious Inflammatory
Neuroradiology
Musculoskeletal (MSK)
MRI
CT
Acquired/Developmental
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