Discography and magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of lumbar disc disruption.
Four cases of patients with normal magnetic resonance (MR) studies of the lumbar spine and abnormal discography are presented to illustrate that normal lumbar disc signal intensity does not necessarily rule out disc degeneration.
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed