STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case series. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the incidence of neural axis abnormalities and the relevant risk factors in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE The use of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess the whole spine in patients with idiopathic scoliosis is controversial, and indicatio...

The purpose of this report is to describe hyperextension dislocation of the cervical spine and to illustrate its often subtle radiographic features. An analysis of the lateral cervical spine radiographs in 20 patients with hyperextension dislocation of the cervical spine revealed the combination of diffuse prevertebral soft-tissue widening together with normally aligned cervical vertebrae in al...

INTRODUCTION The hypertrichosis cubiti also named "hairy elbow syndrome" is a benign anomaly which occurs as an isolated sign but sometime it may be associated with others abnormalities including short stature, facial dysmorphism, developmental delay and bone anomalies. CASE REPORT The Authors report on a girl 8 years old, who showed a classical hypertrichosis cubiti, tufts of peluria in the ...

THORACIC PARASPINAL LINE IN HYPERTENSION AND MITRAL VALWLAR DISEASE. S.K. Gupta and V. Mohan. Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu university, Varanasi, India. Thoracic paraspinal line produced by the posteromedial border of the left lung casts a linear shadow running along the left side of thoracic spine from the level of D4 to Dll or D12 vertebra medial to the shadow of descending tho...

The purpose of this report is to describe hyperextension dislocation of the cervical spine and to illustrate its often subtle radiographic features. An analysis of the lateral cervical spine radiographs in 20 patients with hyperextension dislocation of the cervical spine revealed the combination of diffuse prevertebral soft-tissue widening together with normally aligned cervical vertebrae in al...

BACKGROUND CONTEXT The nerve root sedimentation sign in transverse magnetic resonance imaging has been shown to discriminate well between selected patients with and without lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), but the performance of this new test, when used in a broader patient population, is not yet known. PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical performance of the nerve root sedimentation sign in detectin...

introduction: degenerative changes of the cervical spine are more common in elderly, but anterior cervical osteophytes that cause problems in swallowing are rare. the most common cause of this problem is dish disease (diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis). trauma is also suggested as a potential cause in osteophyte formation. case report: we report a rare case of anterior cervical osteophyt...

The anatomy of the first vertebra, namely atlas, has significant clinical implications. Atlas is situated between occipital bone and second cervical vertebra (axis) one main points head movement. Most congenital anomalies are diagnosed incidentally during imaging investigations can be associated with spine anomalies. neurological symptoms may include weakness in four limbs, acute neurologic def...

BACKGROUND Discoid lateral meniscus was a common meniscal dysplasia and was predisposed to tear. There were some anatomical knee variants in patients with discoid lateral meniscus. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between anatomical knee variants and discoid lateral meniscal tears. METHODS There were totally 125 cases of discoid lateral meniscus enrolled in this study fro...