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==CT spine== | ==CT spine== | ||
*CT spine is only indicated when MRI is not available.<ref name="pmid15450871">{{cite journal |vauthors=Perrin RG, Laxton AW |title=Metastatic spine disease: epidemiology, pathophysiology, and evaluation of patients |journal=Neurosurg. Clin. N. Am. |volume=15 |issue=4 |pages=365–73 |year=2004 |pmid=15450871 |doi=10.1016/j.nec.2004.04.018 |url=}}</ref> | *CT spine is only indicated when MRI is not available.<ref name="pmid15450871">{{cite journal |vauthors=Perrin RG, Laxton AW |title=Metastatic spine disease: epidemiology, pathophysiology, and evaluation of patients |journal=Neurosurg. Clin. N. Am. |volume=15 |issue=4 |pages=365–73 |year=2004 |pmid=15450871 |doi=10.1016/j.nec.2004.04.018 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid19727855">{{cite journal |vauthors=Parizel PM, van der Zijden T, Gaudino S, Spaepen M, Voormolen MH, Venstermans C, De Belder F, van den Hauwe L, Van Goethem J |title=Trauma of the spine and spinal cord: imaging strategies |journal=Eur Spine J |volume=19 Suppl 1 |issue= |pages=S8–17 |year=2010 |pmid=19727855 |pmc=2899721 |doi=10.1007/s00586-009-1123-5 |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Anteroposterior, lateral, views are required to show the alignment of bone structures. | *Anteroposterior, lateral, views are required to show the alignment of bone structures. | ||
*CT guidance is employed in surgical aspiration or drainage of an [[epidural abscess]]. | *CT guidance is employed in surgical aspiration or drainage of an [[epidural abscess]]. | ||
*CT-guided biopsy of suspected tumors helps in confirmation of the diagnosis. | *CT-guided biopsy of suspected tumors helps in confirmation of the diagnosis. | ||
[[Image:CT spine.gif.gif|center| | [[Image:CT spine.gif.gif|center|500px|]] | ||
Fracture of L2 vertebral body with narrowing of spinal canal | *Fracture of L2 vertebral body with narrowing of spinal canal | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
CT spine is only indicated when MRI is not available. CT guidance is employed in surgical aspiration or drainage of an epidural abscess.
CT spine
- CT spine is only indicated when MRI is not available.[1][2]
- Anteroposterior, lateral, views are required to show the alignment of bone structures.
- CT guidance is employed in surgical aspiration or drainage of an epidural abscess.
- CT-guided biopsy of suspected tumors helps in confirmation of the diagnosis.
- Fracture of L2 vertebral body with narrowing of spinal canal
References
- ↑ Perrin RG, Laxton AW (2004). "Metastatic spine disease: epidemiology, pathophysiology, and evaluation of patients". Neurosurg. Clin. N. Am. 15 (4): 365–73. doi:10.1016/j.nec.2004.04.018. PMID 15450871.
- ↑ Parizel PM, van der Zijden T, Gaudino S, Spaepen M, Voormolen MH, Venstermans C, De Belder F, van den Hauwe L, Van Goethem J (2010). "Trauma of the spine and spinal cord: imaging strategies". Eur Spine J. 19 Suppl 1: S8–17. doi:10.1007/s00586-009-1123-5. PMC 2899721. PMID 19727855.