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KMID : 0388420010110010121
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Konkuk Journal of Medical Sciences
2001 Volume.11 No. 1 p.121 ~ p.132
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The Significance of Oblique Sagittal Images in Cervical MRI Study - Comparison to Clinical Findings and EMG Results
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Choi Young-Chil
Lee Chang-Hee
Shin Hyun-Joon
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Abstract
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MRI is the most valuable imaging study in evaluation of spines. But conventional 2 dimension MR evaluation with axial and sagittal images of cervical neural foramen is limited by section thickness, signal-to-noise problems, CSF flow artifacts and oblique direction of neural foramina. We added oblique sagittal images in the cervical MRI study of 32 patients and compared the MRI findings to clinical symptoms and the EMG results.
The results were as follows.
1. The neck pain had correlations with the MRI findings as central disc protrusion and maximal cord compression (p<0.05).
2. The radiating pain had significant correlations with the MRI findings of foraminal narrowings on oblique sagittal images (p<0.01).
3. The radiculopathy on the EMG study had significant correlations with the MRI findings of foraminal narrowing on oblique sagittal images.
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KEYWORD
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MRI, cervical spine, neural foramen, EMG
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