MRI of the lumbar spine:
10 Check
points
6. Cauda Equina
7. Spinal canal
content
8. Epidural
Lipomatosis
3. Facet joint
Disease
10. Sacrum
9. Pre-vertebral
soft-tissues
1. Disk
4. Posterior arch
5. Posterior soft-tissues
2. Bone SI
Abnormalities:
° Spondylitis à Ankylosing
spondylitis
or
Sepsis
° Focal
or diffuse marrow disease