Case of May 2015

 

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Clinical History:


A 56-year-old female patient of end-stage renal disease on peritoneal dialysis presented with a 6-month history of progressive low back pain. No focal neurological symptom otherwise. The neurological examination was unremarkable.


X Rays of lumbosacral spine:


X Rays of lumbosacral spine 1X Rays of lumbosacral spine 2



Plain CT Lumbosacral spine:

 

Selected reformatted images at L1:



Plain CT - 1


Plain CT - 2Plain CT - 3


MRI Lumbosacral spine :


MRI - 1MRI - 2


Axial T2W images at L1 (LEFT) and L3 (RIGHT) respectively:

Axial - 1Axial - 2