Modic changes and spondylodiscitis at multiple levels of the thoracolumbar spine in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis
JOURNAL OF BACK AND MUSCULOSKELETAL REHABILITATION, cilt.23, sa.2, ss.97-100, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 23 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2010
- Doi Numarası: 10.3233/bmr-2010-0252
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF BACK AND MUSCULOSKELETAL REHABILITATION
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.97-100
- Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Background and objective: Modic changes (MC) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were described in 1988 by Modic et al. in a study among patients with chronic low back pain. Type 1 changes were shown to represent an acute inflammatory process while type 2 changes were found in chronic lesions. Since mechanical back pain is very common, it is often difficult to differentiate precisely the origin of the back pain in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) based only on clinical assessment, laboratory findings and/or plain imaging.