title: Neuroimaging of Spinal Canal Stenosis.
abstract: Spinal stenosis is common and presents in a variety of forms. Symptomatic lumbar stenosis occurs in approximately 10% of the population and cervical stenosis in 9% over age 70. Imaging is central to the management decision process and first-choice MR imaging may be substituted with CT and CT myelography. A review of the literature is presented with particular emphasis on the clinical-radiologic correlation in both neurogenic intermittent claudication and cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Advanced techniques promise improvements, particularly with radicular compressive lesions, but remain underutilized in routine clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Neuroimaging Analysis Centre, UCLH, 3rd Floor, 8-11 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK. Electronic address: peter.cowley@nhs.net.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cowley
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D059906:Neuroimaging; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Cauda equina compression; Central canal stenosis; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Foraminal stenosis; Lateral stenosis; Neurogenic intermittent claudication; Spinal stenosis