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01-11-2008 | Interpretation Corner
An unusual cause of back pain (2008: 11a)
Published in: European Radiology | Issue 11/2008
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A 22-year-old female patient suffered recurrent lower back pain for 2 years. Initially, the pain was intermittent and relieved by rest; later, it became continuous. Physical examination showed that mobility of the lumbar spine was limited. There was obvious tenderness and percussion pain over T12 and L1 spinous processes, and there was obvious tenderness over right paraspinal muscles. Spinal computed tomography (CT) study (Fig. 1) and magnetic resonance (MR) study (Figs. 2 and 3) were performed.
Fig. 1
Unenhanced CT at bone window settings
Fig. 2
MR images—T1W and T2W
Fig. 3
MR after GD-DTPA injection
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