a 19-year-old man presented with a 5-year history of back pain radiating to the lower extremities and paresthesis of the toes during the last year. plain x-ray revealed a large cauliflower shaped exophytic mass at the level of t8, t9 and t10 vertebrae. computed tomography (ct) and magnetic resonance imaging (mri) showed an abnormal bony mass arising from the posterior arch of t9 with protrusion...

introduction spinal cord injury without radiological abnormality (sciwora) is a rare entity and usually involves the cervical spine. thoracic spine involvement is very rare due to the stability provided by the rib cage. the mechanisms of injury and pathophysiology are still debatable. case presentation we present a case of an adult male who had road traffic accident and presented with paraplegi...

background & aim: low back pain is the most debilitating condition, and can lead to decreased physical function, compromised quality of life, and psychological distress. several studies has conducted to recognize the risk factors of lbp, but despite of strong relationship between obesity and lbp, the underlying mechanisms are unclear. the aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship betwe...

this cross-sectional study is conducted to determine the prevalence of asymptomatic cervical spine subluxation in rheumatoid arthritis patients by plain radiographs and its relation to demographic and clinical characteristics, disease activity measures and medications. 100 rheumatoid arthritis patients (18 male and 82 female) were selected randomly, according to the american college of rheumato...

In the book ”Contemporary Endoscopic Spine Surgery”, edited by Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Jorge Felipe Ramírez León, and Anthony Yeung, information on history of spinal endoscopy is provided. A number aspects surgery are covered, in particular pain, preoperative examination, indications for endoscopic surgery, anesthesia, outpatient surgery. New technologies described. Leading scientists presented c...

background: dose assessment using proper dosimeters is especially important in radiation protection optimization and imaging justification in diagnostic radiology. objective: the aim of this study is to obtain the entrance skin dose (esd) of patients undergoing lumbar spine imaging using two thermoluminescence dosimeters tld-100 (lif: mg, ti) and gr-200 (lif: mg, cu, p) and also to obtain the a...