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Spinal cord compression CT

Introduction

Overview

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

  • 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

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.

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