Incidental Findings of the Lumbar Spine at MRI in Patients Diagnosed with Discopathy

Mohammad Sobhan; Majid Samiee; Yadollah Asgari; Mansour Ahmadi

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Incidental Findings of the Lumbar Spine at MRI in Patients Diagnosed with Discopathy

Mohammad Sobhan, Majid Samiee, Yadollah Asgari, Mansour Ahmadi

Published in International Journal of Medical Imaging (Volume 4, Issue 5)

Received: 6 August 2016 Accepted: 19 August 2016 Published: 8 September 2016

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Background and objectives: the present study is an attempt to investigate the prevalence and type of lumbar spinal MRI incidental findings in patients diagnosed with discopathy. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from 26/09/2012 to 14/01/2013 on MRI findings of 444 patients clinically diagnosed with Discopathy and approved MRI reports. A Radiologist studied the MRI results in terms of single vertebral hemangioma, multiple vertebral hemangiomas, kidney cyst, liver cyst and Perineural cyst. Data were collected and analyzed through Fisher Exact test. Results: 73 patients (16%) out of a total of 444 patients (215 males (48.4%) and 229 females (51.6) with a mean age of 42 years and age range of 13 to 87 years), provided incidental findings. The frequency of single vertebral hemangioma, multiple vertebral hemangioma, kidney cysts, liver cysts and Perineural cyst was 31 cases (7.0%), 11 cases (2.5%), 13 cases (2.9%), 2 cases (0.5%) and 3 cases (0.7%) respectively. There was no significant correlation between the frequency distribution of findings in terms of sex (P-value = 0.08), but there was a significant correlation between the frequency distribution of findings in terms of age (P-value = 0.006). Conclusion: incidental findings are fairly common findings in the MRI of patients with discopathy. There is a significant correlation between the frequency distributions of these findings and the patients’ age, however, no correlation was observed between these findings and patients' sex.

Published in	International Journal of Medical Imaging (Volume 4, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijmi.20160405.12
Page(s)	44-47
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Incidental Findings, Lumbar, Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Mohammad Sobhan, Majid Samiee, Yadollah Asgari, Mansour Ahmadi. (2016). Incidental Findings of the Lumbar Spine at MRI in Patients Diagnosed with Discopathy. International Journal of Medical Imaging, 4(5), 44-47. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijmi.20160405.12

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Mohammad Sobhan; Majid Samiee; Yadollah Asgari; Mansour Ahmadi. Incidental Findings of the Lumbar Spine at MRI in Patients Diagnosed with Discopathy. Int. J. Med. Imaging 2016, 4(5), 44-47. doi: 10.11648/j.ijmi.20160405.12

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Mohammad Sobhan, Majid Samiee, Yadollah Asgari, Mansour Ahmadi. Incidental Findings of the Lumbar Spine at MRI in Patients Diagnosed with Discopathy. Int J Med Imaging. 2016;4(5):44-47. doi: 10.11648/j.ijmi.20160405.12

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Mohammad Sobhan

Department of Radiology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran
Majid Samiee

Department of Radiology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran
Yadollah Asgari

Faculty of Medical, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran
Mansour Ahmadi

Faculty of Medical, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran

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Mohammad Sobhan, Majid Samiee, Yadollah Asgari, Mansour Ahmadi. (2016). Incidental Findings of the Lumbar Spine at MRI in Patients Diagnosed with Discopathy. International Journal of Medical Imaging, 4(5), 44-47. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijmi.20160405.12

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Mohammad Sobhan; Majid Samiee; Yadollah Asgari; Mansour Ahmadi. Incidental Findings of the Lumbar Spine at MRI in Patients Diagnosed with Discopathy. Int. J. Med. Imaging 2016, 4(5), 44-47. doi: 10.11648/j.ijmi.20160405.12

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Mohammad Sobhan, Majid Samiee, Yadollah Asgari, Mansour Ahmadi. Incidental Findings of the Lumbar Spine at MRI in Patients Diagnosed with Discopathy. Int J Med Imaging. 2016;4(5):44-47. doi: 10.11648/j.ijmi.20160405.12

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  number = {5},
  pages = {44-47},
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AU  - Mohammad Sobhan
AU  - Majid Samiee
AU  - Yadollah Asgari
AU  - Mansour Ahmadi
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IS  - 5
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