POSTERIOR ROUNDED HIGH-INTENSITY ZONE ON MAGNETIC-RESONANCE IMAGES ASA SIGN OF PAINFUL DISK - REPORT OF A CASE

Authors
ALCALAY M MORIN M VANDERMARCQ P BONTOUX D
Citation
M. Alcalay et al., POSTERIOR ROUNDED HIGH-INTENSITY ZONE ON MAGNETIC-RESONANCE IMAGES ASA SIGN OF PAINFUL DISK - REPORT OF A CASE, Revue du rhumatisme, 63(5), 1996, pp. 371-376
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Revue du rhumatisme → ACNP
ISSN journal
11698446
Volume
63
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
371 - 376
Database
ISI
SICI code
1169-8446(1996)63:5<371:PRHZOM>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
In 1992, Aprill and Bogduk reported that a rounded high-intensity zone was seen in the posterior part of the annulus fibrosus on T2-weighted images of at least one of the last intervertebral disks in 29% of 500 patients with low back pain. This image was correlated with Dallas st age 4 disk disease and with reproduction of the spontaneous pain durin g discography coupled with computed tomography. We report a case and d iscuss the value of this image.