@article{article_397511, title={Coincidental Lesions that have been seen in Patients with Lumbar Discopathy at Spinal MR Examination}, journal={Medical Science and Discovery}, volume={5}, pages={137–140}, year={2018}, DOI={10.17546/msd.397511}, author={Eroglu, Ahmet and Yilmaz, Ilhan}, keywords={Lumbar,MRI,Discopathy,Tarlov Cyst}, abstract={<p> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <b> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;color:#0070C0;">Introduction: </span> </b> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;color:#0070C0;"> </span> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">The present Study has been
made in order to investigate and examine the prevalence and type of the
coincidental findings seen in patients with lumbar discopathy subjected to
Lumbar Spinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <b> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;color:#0070C0;">Tools
and Method: </span> </b> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> 613 patients who were thought to have been Lumbar discopathy
and who were subjected to Lumbar MRI have been examined. Lumbar MRIs were
reported by musculoskeletal radiologists. Vertebra hemangiomas, tarlov cysts, Renal
cysts, schmorl nodules, liver cysts were included in this study.   </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <b> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;color:#0070C0;">Findings: </span> </b> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> Total 613 patients (male-female rate, 354: 259; age range, 16-79 years
of age) were assessed. Vertebra Hemangiomas at 5.7% of the patients (n=35)
vertebra hemangioma, at 3.5% of patients (n=22) tarlov cyst, at 2.2% (n=14) kidney
cyst, at 1.4% (n=9) schmorl nodule, at 0.3% (n=2) of the patients liver cyst
were found. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <b> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;color:#0070C0;">Conclusion: </span> </b> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">Detected coincidental findings have seen quite common
at the examination of MRI of the patients with lumbar discopathy. Although the
most of the coincidental findings which were detected at MRI of Lumbar Spine
have been benign, the awareness of their prevalence is helpful in diagnosing
the lesions which are not related with the symptoms.  </span> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>}, number={3}, publisher={Zafer AKAN}