thoracic spine — Clinical MRI

Thoracic spine schwannoma

December 17, 2013 by Tao Ai MD, PhD

Clinical History: 28-year old woman with chest and upper back pain for 3 months Diagnosis: Thoracic spine schwannoma MR Technique: Imaging of the thoracic spine was performed on a 3T MR system. (A) Sagittal T1-weighted TSE (TR/TE 650/8.1ms), (B) sagittal T2-weighted TSE (TR/TE 2000/97), (C) sagittal T2-weighted TSE images with Dixon fat suppression (TR/TE2500/101), […] [...]

Filed Under: Anatomic Regions, Cases, Clinical Imaging, Meet The Experts, spine, thoracic, Val M. Runge
Tagged With: 3T, CE-MRI, thoracic spine, tumor

Eosinophilic granuloma

November 14, 2013 by Tao Ai MD, PhD

Clinical History: 12 year old boy with back pain limiting activities of daily living Diagnosis: Thoracic vertebral eosinophilic granuloma MR Technique: Thoracic spine imaging was performed on a 3T MR system (Skyra, Siemens). (A) Sagittal T1-weighted TSE (TR/TE 650/8.1ms) and (B) T2-weighted TSE (TR/TE 2000/97ms) images were acquired. Contrast-enhanced sagittal T1-weighted (C) and coronal T1-weighted […] [...]

Filed Under: Anatomic Regions, Cases, Clinical Imaging, Meet The Experts, spine, thoracic, Xiaoming Li
Tagged With: 3T, CE-MRI, musculoskeletal system, spine, thoracic spine

Acute and chronic vertebral compression fractures

July 8, 2013 by Val M. Runge, MD

An 83 year old woman with back pain. [...]

Filed Under: Cases, Clinical Imaging, Meet The Experts, spine, thoracic, Val M. Runge, Xiaoming Li
Tagged With: Compression Fracture, thoracic spine

Metastases (renal cell, lumbar)

July 8, 2013 by Val M. Runge, MD

A 56 year-old man with back pain [...]

Filed Under: Cases, Clinical Imaging, lumbar, Meet The Experts, spine, thoracic, Val M. Runge, Xiaoming Li
Tagged With: lumbar spine, metastases, thoracic spine

MAGNETOM Aera – Combining Throughput and Highest Quality Spine Imaging in an Optimized Clinical Workflow

March 6, 2014 by MRI

The term WARP summarizes methods to minimize the impact of metal implants on MR image quality. This article introduces different techniques such as high bandwidth, VAT and SEMAC. [...]

Filed Under: cervical, Clinical Imaging, Clinical Methods & Techniques, Clinical Updates, lumbar, spine, thoracic, Uncategorized
Tagged With: cervical spine, lumbar spine, thoracic spine

Multiple myeloma

July 6, 2013 by Val M. Runge, MD

Back pain in a 58 year old woman [...]

Filed Under: Cases, Clinical Imaging, Meet The Experts, spine, thoracic, Val M. Runge, Xiaoming Li
Tagged With: metastases, thoracic spine

Plasmacytoma (biopsy proven)

July 6, 2013 by Miguel Trelles, MD

64 year old man with past medical history of HTN with complaint of abdominal pain and migratory rib, sternal and back pain for 1 year. [...]

Filed Under: Cases, Clinical Imaging, Meet The Experts, spine, thoracic, Val M. Runge
Tagged With: Primary Neoplasm, spine, thoracic spine

Thoracic dural AV fistula

July 6, 2013 by Nirav A. Patel, MD, MBA

58 yr old woman presented with back pain. An MRI of the thoracic and lumbar spine was obtained. [...]

Filed Under: Cases, Clinical Imaging, Meet The Experts, spine, thoracic, Val M. Runge
Tagged With: spine, thoracic spine, Vascular Malformation