Table 1.
Relationship between level of spine and MRI finding
|
Level |
Cervical |
Upper Dorsal |
Mid-Dorsal |
Dorsa lumbar |
Lumbar |
Lumbosacral |
P-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 19 | N = 6 | N = 21 | N = 40 | N = 29 | N = 4 | ||
| Gibbus |
3 |
6 |
12 |
26 |
13 |
1 |
N.S |
| 15.8% |
100.0% |
57.1% |
65.0% |
44.8% |
25.0% |
||
| Spondylodiscitis |
11 |
5 |
18 |
35 |
25 |
4 |
N.S |
| (classic form) |
57.9% |
83.3% |
85.7% |
87.5% |
86.2% |
100.0% |
|
| Spondylitis without disc involvement (atypical form |
8 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
N.S |
| 42.1% |
16.7% |
14.3% |
12.5% |
13.8% |
0% |
||
| Cord compression |
17 |
5 |
18 |
36 |
0 |
0 |
<0.001 |
| 89.5% |
83.3% |
85.7% |
90.0% |
.0% |
.0% |
||
| Thecal compression |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
27 |
4 |
<0.001 |
| .0% |
.0% |
.0% |
10.0% |
93.1% |
100.0% |
||
| Hypnotic angle |
7 |
6 |
16 |
30 |
18 |
2 |
N.S |
| 36.8% |
100.0% |
76.2% |
75.0% |
62.1% |
50.0% |
||
| Soft tissue |
18 |
6 |
20 |
37 |
26 |
3 |
N.S |
| Involvement | 94.7% | 100.0% | 95.2% | 92.5% | 89.7% | 75.0% |