ORLANDO, Fla. — With significant risks associated with misplaced pedicle screws, researchers who studied the prevalence of abnormal pedicles in the spine found this abnormality occurred in 10% of ...

Kyphosis is an abnormal curvature of the spine. The upper part of the spine normally has a C-shaped curve. Kyphosis causes rounding of the upper back, or a hunchback. Kyphosis typically affects the ...

A 45 year-old man developed pain radiating around his abdomen and down his legs, associated with weakness of the quadriceps. Knee reflexes were very brisk Herniated T9-10 Disk: Sagittal MRI scan of ...

A 66 year-old man with a history of lung cancer presented with a three-week history of mid-back pain followed by rapidly progressive paraplegia and incontinence over 24 hours. Neoplastic Spinal Cord ...

A 63-year-old man was referred for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of the chest following an abnormal echocardiogram. The patient had no physical signs or symptoms of disease. He was taking ...

Kyphosis is a term used to describe marked curvature of the spine in the sagittal plane that results in an abnormally rounded back. A certain degree of kyphosis is normally present at the thoracic and ...

—This study reported clinical and radiographic findings in 91 patients from the SPACE cohort study followed over a 4-year period. Men were more likely to demonstrate radiographic progression of ...

Syringomyelia is a condition with various causes in which fluid accumulates in an abnormal cavity within the spinal cord. The majority of syringomyelic cavities arise when the circulation of ...