Non-invasive diagnostic assessment of extensive vertebral artery tortuosity with enlargement of the intervertebral foramen.
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.
Vanrietvelde
F
F
Radiology Department, University Hospital Gent, Belgium.
Lemmerling
M
M
de Rooy
J
J
Seynaeve
P
P
Uytterhaegen
P
P
Van de Walle
R
R
Kunnen
M
M
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