How to image patients with spine pain

R Siemund; M Thurnher; P C Sundgren

doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.06.021

How to image patients with spine pain

Eur J Radiol. 2015 May;84(5):757-64. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.06.021. Epub 2014 Jul 2.

Authors

R Siemund¹, M Thurnher², P C Sundgren³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Institution of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund Univeristy, Lund, Sweden.
² Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Institution of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund Univeristy, Lund, Sweden; Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
³ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Institution of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund Univeristy, Lund, Sweden. Electronic address: Pia.sundgren@med.lu.se.

PMID: 25048978
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.06.021

Abstract

Different radiological methods play an important role in the work-up of patients complaining of spine pain. Depending on the symptoms and the suspected underlying etiology different methods are selected. In the following presentation we briefly present the different radiological and magnetic resonance tomography methods that are at hand, give some guidance in which method to use, and present the typical imaging findings in some of the most common conditions that presents with spine pain.

Keywords: Computer tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spine imaging; Spine injury.

MeSH terms

Back Pain / etiology*
Female
Fluoroscopy
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Myelography
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Spinal Diseases / complications
Spinal Diseases / diagnosis*
Spinal Injuries / complications
Spinal Injuries / diagnosis*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*