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1 INDICATIONS FOR IMAGING IN DISORDERS OF THE AXIAL SKELETON Geert Vanderschueren, MD, PhD Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium 1111

2 DIFFERENT TOPICS 1. MRI: PATIENT S CHECKLIST 2. MRI: TECHNICIAN S CHECKLIST MR SPINE UZ LEUVEN 6. CONSILIUM RADIOLOGICUM 7. LUMBAR SPINE METASTASIS 8. POWER

3 1. MRI: PATIENT S CHECKLIST

4 1. MRI: PATIENT S CHECKLIST

5 2. MRI: TECHNICIAN S CHECKLIST rradiologierintranet UZ LEUVEN

6 2. MRI: TECHNICIAN S CHECKLIST rradiologierintranet UZ LEUVEN

7 2. MRI: TECHNICIAN S CHECKLIST rradiologierintranet UZ LEUVEN

8 2. MRI: TECHNICIAN S CHECKLIST COCHLEAR IMPLANTS rradiologie INTRANET UZ LEUVEN

9 MRI: COCHLEAR IMPLANTS rradiologierintranet UZ LEUVEN

10 MRI: COCHLEAR IMPLANTS rradiologierintranet UZ LEUVEN

11 3.

12 3.

13 3. UNSAFE!

14 4.

15 4. ONLINE ELECTRONIC ELECTRONIC SURVEY REQUEST

16 4. ONLINE ELECTRONIC REQUEST

17 5. MR SPINE UZ LEUVEN MRI SCANNING PROTOCOL GUIDELINES

18 5. MR SPINE UZ LEUVEN INDICATIONS Trauma Infection (spondylodiscitis) Inflammation (multiple sclerosis) Tumour (metastases) Disc Herniation Post-operative

19 6. CONSILIUM RADIOLOGICUM

20 6. CONSILIUM RADIOLOGICUM 20

21 MR versus CT? DISC HERNIATION SPINAL METASTASIS

22 6. CONSILIUM RADIOLOGICUM MRI!!!! RED FLAG!

23 6. CONSILIUM RADIOLOGICUM RED FLAG! dropfoot

24 MR versus CT? DISC HERNIATION SPINAL METASTASIS

25 6. CONSILIUM RADIOLOGICUM ACUTE BACK PAIN X-RAY NOT ROUTINELY INDICATED!! (except osteporotic vertebral fracture = red flag )

26 6. CONSILIUM RADIOLOGICUM ACUTE BACK PAIN MRI PREFERRED, IF CLINICALLY INDICATED

27 CT: RADIATION DOSE Chest AP 0,02 msv x 500!!!! = 10 msv (CT pelvis)

28 6. CONSILIUM RADIOLOGICUM SUMMARY: In case of back pain < 6 weeks: 1. Imaging is mandatory for: - red flags -complicated radiculopathy (paresis) 2. Imaging is not indicated for: -non-complicated radiculopathy -non-specific (mechanical) back pain -EXCEPT: in case of planned surgery or Interventional pain treatment

29 6. CONSILIUM RADIOLOGICUM SUMMARY: -Question: Why is imaging is not routinely indicated for: -non-complicated radiculopathy -non-specific (mechanical) back pain -Answer: -imaging does not change the therapeutic approach -radiation load in case of x-rays and CT

30 6. CONSILIUM RADIOLOGICUM -Question: What does the UZ Leuven expect? -Answer: -less imaging requests for back problems < 6 weeks on behalf of GP s (general practitioners) -swifter imaging access for: 1. red flags, complicated radiculopathy and pretreatment planning (surgery, interventional pain therapy) 2. back problems > 6 weeks

31 CASE:SPONDYLODISCITIS(TBC) T1 - T1 + L5-S1 spondylodiscitis + paraspinal abscess (TBC)

32 CASE:SPONDYLODISCITIS: POTT S DISEASE (TBC) -etiology: -tuberculosis -pulmonary TB in 10% -findings: -1.spondylodiscitis -2.abscesses (paraspinal, psoas,...) -DD: brucellosis, sarcoid, T1 +

33 CASE:SPONDYLODISCITIS(TBC) ABSCESS FORMATION: psoas abscess, paraspinal T1 +

34 CASE:SPONDYLODISCITIS:TBC ABSCESS FORMATION T1 + PSOAS ABSCESS SINUS TRACT DRAINAGE/FISTULA TO SKIN

35 CASE:SPONDYLODISCITIS (L2-3) L3 L2 DISC SPACE EFFACEMENT/EROSION

36 CASE:SPONDYLODISCITIS (L2-3) 83-year-old male patient with bacterial endocarditis (Enterococcus Faecalis) and... pacemaker (no MRI)!!! L2 L3 DISC SPACE EFFACEMENT/EROSION

37 7. LUMBAR SPINE METASTASIS EMERGING ECONOMIES FELTRIN, Leonir Terezinha et al. Signs of hypervascularization at magnetic resonance imaging in bone metastases from renal cell carcinoma. Radiol Bras [online]. 2009, vol.42, n.3, pp

38 7. LUMBAR SPINE METASTASIS EMERGING MULTIMODALITY TECHNIQUES

39 PATIENT S SELF- EDUCATION 8. POWER

40 8. POWER WIKIPEDIA PATIENT S SELF- EDUCATION

41 CONCLUSION HEALTH ECONOMICS WILL PLAY AN EVEN MORE IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE FUTURE, WITH SELECTION OF PATIENTS FOR IMAGING AND TREATMENT MRI IS PREFERRED OVER CT (RADIATION DOSE), IF NO CONTRA-INDICATIONS FOR MRI EXIST X-RAYS ARE HELPFUL IN DIAGNOSING ACUTE OSTEOPOROTIC VERTEBRAL FRACTURES

42 THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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