MRI Atlas Orthopedics and Neurosurgery: the Spine Book

Normal Anatomy and Variants     1
Normal Anatomy     1
Conjoined Nerve Roots     1
Transitional Vertebra     1
Congenital and Developmental Anomalies     11
Spinal Meningeal Cysts     11
Bony Malformations     12
Hemivertebra, Wedge Vertebra, Butterfly Vertebra, and Hemimetameric Segmental Shift     12
Klippel-Feil Syndrome     13
Atlantoaxial Instability and Basilar Impression     14
Os Odontoideum     14
Block Vertebra with Disc Atresia     15
Split Cord Malformations (Diastematomyelia)     15
Syringohydromyelia     16
Spinal Dysraphism     17
Tethered Cord     18
Scoliosis     19
Kyphosis     20
Lipomatosis and Lipoma     21
Scheuermann's Disease     21
Hemangioma     22
Spondylolisthesis     23
Trauma and Fractures     61
Dens Fractures     62
Axis Fractures     62
Spinal Contusion     63
Atlas Fractures     63
Stable Vertebral Fractures     63
Unstable Vertebral Fractures     63
Fractures of Transverse and Spinous Processes     64
Disc Injuries     64
Osteoporotic Fractures     64
Posttraumatic Syrinx     65
Spinal Cord Injuries     65
Ligament Injuries     65
Fractures in Ankylosing Spondylitis     65
Clinical Significance of MRI in Spinal Injuries     66
Nerve Root Avulsion     66
Degenerative Disorders     99
Osteochondrosis     99
Spondyloarthrosis     101
Synovial Cysts     102
Spinal Stenosis     102
Foraminal Stenosis     103
Atlantoaxial Arthrosis     104
Disc Herniation     104
Muscular Dystrophy     107
Inflammatory Conditions     143
Spondylitis/Spondylodiscitis     143
Chronic Polyarthritis     144
Ankylosing Spondylitis (Bechterew's Disease)     145
Myelitis     147
Multiple Sclerosis     147
Tumors and Tumor-like Lesions     195
Neurinoma, Schwannoma, Neurofibroma, and Meningioma     195
Astrocytoma     197
Ependymoma     197
Hemangioblastoma      198
Epidermoids and Dermoids     198
Vascular Lesions     199
Sarcoidosis     200
Bone Tumors     200
The Postoperative Spine     273
Scars     273
Recurrent Disc Herniation     273
Bone Defects/Fenestration     273
Seroma/Hematoma     273
Bone Grafting     273
Vertebroplasty     273
Osteosynthesis     273
References     289
Subject Index     293