Incidental findings of the lumbar spine at MRI during herniated intervertebral disk disease evaluation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1151-1155

  Park, Hee Jin ^a,b,c   Jeon, Yong Hwan ^b   Rho, Myung Ho ^a   Lee, Eun Ja ^c   Park, Noh Hyuck ^c   Park, Sung Il ^d   Jo, Joon Hee ^c  

^a School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cyst; Herniated intervertebral disk disease; Incidental findings; MRI; Perineural; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROLIPOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYNOVIAL CYST; TARLOV CYST; VERTEBRA HEMANGIOMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INFANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959593394     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5457     Document Type: Article

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