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American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol 154, 159-162, Copyright © 1990 by American Roentgen Ray Society

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Tears of the anulus fibrosus: assessment with Gd-DTPA-enhanced MR imaging

JS Ross, MT Modic and TJ Masaryk
Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University, OH 44106.

T2-weighted images have been shown to be capable of defining anular tears in vitro as increased signal intensity within the normal low- signal-intensity anulus fibrosus. Since growth of granulation tissue into anular tears has been described as part of the healing process, it seemed likely that gadolinium-DTPA should enhance anular tears as it does scar tissue in other parts of the spine. We retrospectively reviewed spinal MR images from 30 previously unoperated patients and correlated areas of increased signal intensity within the anulus on T2- weighted images with areas of enhancement on T1-weighted images, and to a limited extent, with surgical findings. Eighteen separate areas of anular enhancement were found in 12 patients (six cervical, 12 lumbar). Only five of these enhancing areas showed increased signal intensity on T2-weighted images, four of a type II tear pattern and one of a type III tear pattern. Contrast enhancement within the anulus was in a pattern of type II tear in 14 and type III in four. Histology from an enhancing type II anulus demonstrated vascularized granulation tissue within the avascular anulus, without focal herniation. Anular tears may be imaged in vivo not only with T2-weighted images but also with gadolinium-DTPA-enhanced T1-weighted images by virtue of their vascularized granulation tissue.
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