Doctors can use MRI to examine a person’s lower spine, lumbar region, and surrounding tissues. MRI of the spine can show spinal alignment, lumbar disk herniation, inflammation, and more. MRI is a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Clinicians rarely made therapeutic modifications based on MRI and lumbar puncture results. EEGs may be ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Inflammatory and fatty lesions seen on lumbar spine MRI had limited diagnostic value in distinguishing ...

In a study of 2000 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) requisitions, more than half the requests for MRI of the lumbar spine were ordered for indications considered inappropriate or of uncertain value.

Nearly all the patients with low back pain referred by their general practitioner for a lumbar magnetic resonance imaging scan (MRI) had abnormal findings on the imaging, with seven in 10 showing disc ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD Key Takeaways The lumbar spine includes five vertebrae that help with mobility and stability.Lumbar vertebrae are larger because they carry the load from ...