CT in low back pain syndrome.
CT has become the imaging modality of choice for diagnosing the specific cause of low back pain syndrome. This article describes and illustrates those abnormalities commonly associated with low back pain: disk herniation, spinal stenoses, facet joint abnormalities, spondylosis, inflammatory conditions of the lumbar spine, and sacroiliitis.
Chafetz
N I
NI
Mani
J R
JR
Genant
H K
HK
Morris
J M
JM
Hoaglund
F T
FT
D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D001416:Back Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008793:Metrizamide; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013169:Spondylolysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D008793:Metrizamide