Modic endplate changes
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Modic endplate changes is the classification scheme for signal intensity changes in the bone marrow adjacent to the vertebral endplates in degenerative spine disease.
Classification
- Type 1 changes:
- Increased marrow signal intensity in T2-weighted MR images and decreased signal intensity in T1-weighted MR images.
- Fibrovascular tissue in endplates
- Type 2 changes:
- Increased signal intensity in T1- and T2-weighted MR images.
- Lipid in endplates
- Type 3 changes:
- Decreased signal intensity in T1 -and T2-weighted MR images.
- Endplate sclerosis
Modic Change | T1 Signal | T2 Signal |
Type 1 | Low | High |
Type 2 | High | High |
Type 3 | Low | Low |
Type 2 changes at C6-C7
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T1
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T2