title: Non-invasive diagnostic assessment of extensive vertebral artery tortuosity with enlargement of the intervertebral foramen.
abstract: Two cases with an incidental finding of a widened intervertebral foramen due to extensive tortuosity of the vertebral artery are presented. Computed tomography angiography and magnetic resonance imaging/magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) both proved to be useful as non-invasive techniques to provide the diagnosis. In-plane saturation is a disadvantage seen with the two-dimensional time-of-flight MRA technique.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, University Hospital Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vanrietvelde
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lemmerling
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Rooy
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Seynaeve
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Uytterhaegen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Van de Walle
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kunnen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology