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  • Title: [Thoracic intervertebral disk prolapse--the place of imaging procedures].
    Author: Hannibal D, Zanella FE.
    Journal: Aktuelle Radiol; 1991 May; 1(3):125-9. PubMed ID: 1878381.
    Abstract:
    MR tomography is now considered to be the examination method of choice in diagnosis of thoracic vertebral disk prolapses, since all the other imaging methods do not lend themselves easily to this task. The advantages of MR are that it is non-invasive, that the soft parts yield strong contrasts, and that multiplanar sections are possible; sagittal section is particularly useful in the preoperatively important correct localisation of the height. CT proved of equal value only in calcified disk prolapse. However, since calcification does not entail any additional therapeutic consequences, MR can be used in this case too as a leading imaging method. If MR can be applied, myelography and myelo-CT should be set aside.
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