title: [Thoracic intervertebral disk prolapse--the place of imaging procedures].
abstract: MR tomography is now considered to be the examination method of choice in diagnosis of thoracic vertebral disk prolapses, since all the other imaging methods do not lend themselves easily to this task. The advantages of MR are that it is non-invasive, that the soft parts yield strong contrasts, and that multiplanar sections are possible; sagittal section is particularly useful in the preoperatively important correct localisation of the height. CT proved of equal value only in calcified disk prolapse. However, since calcification does not entail any additional therapeutic consequences, MR can be used in this case too as a leading imaging method. If MR can be applied, myelography and myelo-CT should be set aside.
authors.affiliation: Institut und Poliklinik für Radiologische Diagnostik, Universität Köln.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hannibal
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Zanella
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Der thorakale Bandscheibenprolaps--Stellenwert der bildgebenden Verfahren.