title: Diskogenic vertebral sclerosis: MR imaging.
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging findings in three patients with diskogenic vertebral sclerosis of the lumbar spine are presented. Increased signal intensity within the vertebral bodies was observed on T2-weighted images that corresponded to areas of bony sclerosis on plain radiography. Decreased signal intensity within the disk space on T2-weighted images serves to differentiate diskogenic sclerosis from infectious spondylitis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D012598:Sclerosis; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology