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Lumbar vertebrae
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Lumbosacral spine MRI

Alternative names:

magnetic resonance imaging - lumbosacral spine; MRI of lumbosacral spine; NMR - lumbosacral spine; nuclear magnetic resonance - lumbosacral spine

Normal values:

No abnormalities of size or position of the spine or spinal cord as viewed from any plane. No new growths or lesions.

What abnormal results mean:

The sensitivity of MRI depends, in part, on the experience of the radiologist. As MRI becomes more common, increasingly detailed diagnosis may be possible.

A lumbosacral spine MRI may reveal the cause of low back pain; and disorders such as:


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