Your spine is made up of vertebrae (a series ... An orthopedist or orthopedic surgeon can help treat a herniated cervical disc. An MRI is the preferred way to diagnose VAD. However, since MRIs ...

MRI examinations were performed in a 1.5 T machine, following non-contrast protocol for SpA at a single centre. Sagittal T1-weighted (T1w) and T2-weighted fat-suppressed fast spin echo sequences were ...

Hirayama disease is diagnosed by a cervical MRI in flexion with gadolinium. Typical findings on MRI are anterior shifting of the posterior dura, with flattening of the spinal cord and a contrast ...

Objectives Traumatic and non-traumatic spinal ... (8–8 cervical and thoracic cord injuries) within 1.5 years after injury and 10 healthy controls over the same period. The protocol encompassed ...

Methods: A total of 128 patients, who were diagnosed as CCSVI by jugular ultrasound and contrast-enhanced magnetic ... collateral veins running through the spinal canal and the transverse process of ...

Cervical pain, medically known as cervicalgia, refers to pain in the neck or spine below the head. It can cause problems involving stiffness, reduced motion, muscle spasms, and numbness ...

Cervical myelopathy is a condition that happens when the spinal cord in the neck is compressed or squeezed. There are many things that can cause this, but one of the most common is cervical ...

While rare, cervical cancer can cause unexplained back pain when the cancer spreads to nearby structures such as the pelvic region or the spine itself. If you’ve been dealing with back pain that ...

The diagnosis of spinal cord lymphoma is often delayed due to the high risks associated with a spinal cord biopsy, the rarity of the disease, and the lack of specificity of its clinicoradiological ...