Significance of perianular enhancement associated with anular tears on magnetic resonance imagings in diagnosis of radiculopathy

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 2440-2443

  Byun, Woo Mok ^a   Ahn, Sang Ho ^a   Ahn, Myun Whan ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anular tear; Discogenic pain; MRI; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CYTOKINE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANULAR TEAR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULITIS; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RUPTURE; SPINAL ROOT;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149198805     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318188b9a8     Document Type: Article

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