Abstract
Introduction: The present Study has been made in order to investigate and examine the prevalence and type of the coincidental findings seen in patients with lumbar discopathy subjected to Lumbar Spinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Tools and Method: 613 patients who were thought to have been Lumbar discopathy and who were subjected to Lumbar MRI have been examined. Lumbar MRIs were reported by musculoskeletal radiologists. Vertebra hemangiomas, tarlov cysts, Renal cysts, schmorl nodules, liver cysts were included in this study. Findings: Total 613 patients (male-female rate, 354: 259; age range, 16-79 years of age) were assessed. Vertebra Hemangiomas at 5.7% of the patients (n=35) vertebra hemangioma, at 3.5% of patients (n=22) tarlov cyst, at 2.2% (n=14) kidney cyst, at 1.4% (n=9) schmorl nodule, at 0.3% (n=2) of the patients liver cyst were found. Conclusion: Detected coincidental findings have seen quite common at the examination of MRI of the patients with lumbar discopathy. Although the most of the coincidental findings which were detected at MRI of Lumbar Spine have been benign, the awareness of their prevalence is helpful in diagnosing the lesions which are not related with the symptoms.
Highlights
Lumbar discopathies are one of the common causes of lumbar pain and disability seen in our society nowadays, approximately 60 percent to 80 percent of adults suffer lumbar pain throughout their lifetime [1,2]
Material and Method: the 613 patients who were thought to have been Lumbar discopathy and who were subjected to Lumbar Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) have been examined
Detected coincidental findings have seen quite common at the examination of MRI of the patients with lumbar discopathy
Summary
Lumbar discopathies are one of the common causes of lumbar (back) pain and disability seen in our society nowadays, approximately 60 percent to 80 percent of adults suffer lumbar (back) pain throughout their lifetime [1,2]. Lumbar disc hernia is among the main causes of the lumbar/back pain, which are at the upper ranks. Gradual degeneration of Nucleus Pulposus and Anulus Fibrosus which are the disc components paves the way for this disease. Disc, which becomes degenerated in time depending on age and peripheral factors, shows tendency to herniation [2]. Lumbar disc hernia is diagnosed in accordance with clinical symptoms and findings supported by radiological examinations [2]. Our objective was to investigate lesions independent from the main complaint falling within the imaging areas of the patients undergone to Lumbar MRI because of the Lumbar/Back Pain and to examine layout and distribution of these lesions
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