Butterfly vertebra

Pars defect

Pars defect on MR

Sacral metastasis

Lateral sacral view showing subtle loss of definition of posterior vertebral line:

For comparison, I have put a normal radiograph showing crisp posterior margin of the sacral body:

Sagittal T1 MRI, showing the metastases.

Romanus lesion of ankylosing spondylitis

Shiny corner or Romanus lesion is one of the early signs of ankylosing spondylitis.

Epidural fibrosis

Axial T2:

Axial T1:

Post Gd axial T1 showing faint enhancement:

Axial T2, pre and post Gd T1 images showing epidural fibrosis surrounding the thecal sac!

Annular fissure

A large annular fissure

Prostatic metastasis

Prostate metastases involving ribs and vertebare, leading to compression on spinal cord.

Fracture coccyx

Fracture coccyx

Where is the abnormality?

A typical rapid reporting film:




Did you pick fracture of the left pubic ramus?

DISH

Incidental Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH) on CT

Disc herniation

Left S1 nerve getting compressed by the disc herniation of L5-S1 at the lateral recess. Note the normal right S1 nerve.