The most relevant result in our study was articular facet joint disease present in all. Disc degeneration can be graded on mri t2 spinecho weighted images using a grading system proposed by pfirrmann 1. The objective is to determine the prevalence of the degenerative. The pfirrmann classification of lumbar intervertebral disc. Pfirrmann disc degeneration grade is one of morphologic disc degeneration grading system and it was reliable on routine t2weighted. Pfirrmann cw, metzdorf a, zanetti m, hodler j y boos n. Correlation between modic and pfirrmann classifications article pdf available in coluna columna 3. Pdf correlation between pfirrmann and modic classifications. Discal degeneration associated with multidirectional bulging of annulus and extrusion and protrusion of discal material affected mostly l4l5 and l5s1 levels. Osteocondrosis, espondilolistesis, compresion, anillo fibroso y espondilosis fueron mas frecuentes en l5s1.
Hansen tipo i metaplasia condroide y hansen tipo ii metaplasia fibroide. The pfirrmann classification is commonly used to grade idd. The same levels showed most degenerative changes on facet joints. Pdf quantitative pfirrmann disc degeneration grading. Intraobserver and interobserver reproducibility of the. Correlation between pfirrmann and modic classifications in the degeneration of lumbar intervertebral disc article pdf available in coluna columna 94. Abombamiento y protrusion, mas frecuentes en l4l5 y l5s1 respectivamente.
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