Spanish 
Chinese 
Russian 
German 
French 
Japanese 
Portuguese 
Hindi Research Article, J Spine Neurosurg Vol: 2 Issue: 4
Incidental Extra Spinal Findings at CT Lumbar Spine on Wide Field of View Reconstructions
| Tom Sutherland*, Jun Min Eric Chock and Nicola Stephens |
| Department of Medical Imaging, St Vincents Hospital, 41 Victoria Pde Fitzroy 3065 92882211, Australia |
| Corresponding author : Tom Sutherland Department of Medical Imaging, St Vincents Hospital, 41 Victoria Pde Fitzroy 3065 92882211, Australia E-mail: tom.sutherland@svhm.org.au |
| Received: May 19, 2013 Accepted: July 12, 2013 Published: July 15, 2013 |
| Citation: Sutherland T, Eric Chock JM, Stephens N (2013) Incidental Extra Spinal Findings at CT Lumbar Spine on Wide Field of View Reconstructions. J Spine Neurosurg 2:4. doi:10.4172/2325-9701.1000117 |
Abstract
Incidental Extra Spinal Findings at CT Lumbar Spine on Wide Field of View Reconstructions
Computed tomographic (CT) imaging of the lumbar spine is frequently performed to evaluate patients with lumbar back pain or radicular symptoms. The images for reporting are commonly magnified around the lumbar spine cropping out much of the intra abdominal and retroperitoneal structures. While this provides optimal delineation of spinal pathologies, it potentially results in the exclusion of important extraspinal pathologies from the final dataset.
