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TY - JOUR JO - Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine J2 - Adv Clin Exp Med SN - 1899-5276 PB - Wroclaw Medical University VL - 33 IS - 1 PY - 2024 ID - Sąsiadek2024-01-26 TI - Degenerative disease of the spine: How to relate clinical symptoms to radiological findings AB - Degenerative disease of the spine (DDS) is one of the most common pathological conditions in humans. The clinical presentation of DDS is highly variable, ranging from mild pain to severe neurological symptoms. When more severe clinical symptoms are present, it is necessary to use imaging methods, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), to confirm the diagnosis and establish the extent of the disease in order to determine proper treatment. There are several MRI changes which, based on clinicoradiological studies, are believed to be potential sources of pain and other clinical symptoms in DDS, including compression of the nerve root or spinal cord by disc herniations or osteophytes, recent (“active”) disc herniation, Modic type 1 degenerative changes of the vertebral bodies, degenerative changes of the vertebral endplates (erosive intervertebral osteochondrosis), marked degenerative changes of the facet joints and ligamenta flava, degenerative spinal canal stenosis, degenerative spondylolisthesis, and Baastrup’s disease. The authors analyzed the relationship of the MRI findings mentioned above with clinical symptoms of DDS, as well as the differentiation between DDS and nondegenerative diseases, which can manifest with similar clinical signs. The role of contrast-enhanced MRI and advanced MR techniques (e.g., high field MRI, functional MRI and MR spectroscopy) was also discussed. To establish an appropriate treatment for DDS, it is important to emphasize in the MRI report specific changes, which might be the cause of the pain and other clinical signs, as well as to rule out nondegenerative lesions, especially neoplasms, infections and rheumatoid disorders. AU - Sąsiadek, Marek AU - Jacków-Nowicka, Jagoda SP - 91 EP - 98 DA - 2024-01-26 DO - 10.17219/acem/163357 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.17219/acem/163357 ER -