Patterns of Cervical Disc Degeneration: Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Over 1000 Symptomatic Subjects.

Akinobu SuzukiMichael D DaubsTetsuo HayashiMonchai RuangchainikomChenjie XiongKevin PhanTrevor P ScottJeffrey C Wang

Published in: Global spine journal (2017)

Disc degeneration is most common in the middle cervical spine (C5/6) and progresses to contiguous levels, except for C7/T1 and C2/3. This pattern may play a role in adjacent-level disc degeneration associated with spinal fusion.

Keyphrases

magnetic resonance imaging
spinal cord
computed tomography
magnetic resonance
contrast enhanced
spinal cord injury
diffusion weighted imaging