Characteristic CT manifestations of uncommon spinal disorders.
This article identifies many disorders seen on CT scans of the spine that should be recognized to avoid submitting the patient to additional diagnostic tests or even surgery. These disorders are not easily categorized, however, and could best be described as normal variants and pitfalls in CT diagnosis of the spine.
D006801:Humans; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010023:Osteopoikilosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013169:Spondylolysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed