Radiology Corner: Case #4
The latest case of the FPM Radiology Corner takes a look at a patient with lumbar back pain.
Produced by the FPM Learning Editors with contribution from Charlotte Bevan, University of Cambridge Medical Student.
Overview
A 80-year-old lady presented with a history of chronic low lumbar back pain, worse on the left-hand side for some years. Over the past year, she was also reporting a mixture of bilateral claudicant leg pain and elements of radicular leg pain particularly on the left-hand side.
She had an MRI scan of the Lumbar spine.
- Spot the issues in the image and fill in the labels.
- There was also an incidental finding picked up, can you spot it?
![Radiology case #4_1](/sites/fpm/files/styles/body_image/public/2024-01/Picture1_0.png?itok=Pjnbvmi4)
![Radiology case #4_2](/sites/fpm/files/styles/body_image/public/2024-01/Picture2.png?itok=SGSPARP1)
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Additionally a CT scan of the abdomen was requested.
- What can you see in the image?
![Radiology case #4_7](/sites/fpm/files/styles/body_image/public/2024-01/Picture7.png?itok=bEBUWRA2)
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