Imaging in Cauda Equina Syndrome – A Pictorial Review
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A typical vertebra consists of a vertebral body anteriorly and a neural arch posteriorly. The neural arch has pedicles laterally and laminae posteriorly with transverse processes arising from the pedico-laminar junction. A spinous process arises posteriorly from the junction of the hemilaminae. These bony elements house the spinal cord and Cauda Equina in conjunction with the intervertebral discs, the posterior longditudinal ligament, ligamentum flavum and the facet joints3
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