Normal magnetic resonance imaging and abnormal discography in lumbar disc disruption.
METHODS
This report describes a clinical series of seven patients who had surgically proven internal disc disruption, normal magnetic resonance imaging, and abnormal discograms morphologically.


BACKGROUND
Numerous reports in the literature have described the utility of magnetic resonance imaging and discography in diagnosing degenerative disease within lumbar intervertebral discs.


RESULTS
Discography may be useful in patients with persistent symptoms despite a normal or equivocal magnetic resonance imaging study.
Department of Radiology, Baptist Medical Center Montclair, Birmingham, Alabama.
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Brightbill
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Eichelberger
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Whitman
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies