
pmid: 24059719
We reviewed the thoracic vertebra MRI of patients whose chief complaint was dorsalgia (or + lower back dorsalgia). Thoracic vertebra MRI of 103 patients had dorsalgia as the chief complaint mainly or sometimes in 134 (man 61, woman 73) and had led them to consult an orthopaedic specialist. A difference was seen in the cavity diameter under the posterior arachnoid in 103 and 31 which led to MRI scan of the thoracic vertebra. The cavity diameter was equal to or more than 0.55 posterior space, equal to or less than 0.43 abdominal side space. We reviewed the thoracic vertebra MRI of the patients whose the chief complaint was dorsalgia (or lower back dorsalgia). On the thoracic vertebra sagittal T2w MR scans we obtained eccentricities from the center to the thoracic ventral aspect and to the dorsal aspect at the widest diameter of the spinal canal. The eccentricities were calculated as ratios of the diameter of the spinal canal at the maximal occipitofrontal diameter to the dorsal subarachnoid space diameter, and to the ventral subarachnoid space diameter. Spinal cord imaging was done by exclusion to the abdominal side because the cavity diameter under the posterior arachnoid was wide. The ventral root was towed and the dorsal root was assumed to be bent.
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