Women aged 65 and above are still at heightened risk of cervical cancer caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), suggest the findings of a large observational study published in the open access journal ...

It’s a hit for breast cancer screening, could it take over spine imaging? Digital tomosynthesis, a 3D imaging modality shows ...

Imaging of the Cervical Spine and Its Role in Clinical Decision Making R. Bryan Murphy, BS, S. Craig Humphreys, MD, Desmond L. Fisher, MD, Scott D. Hodges, DO, Jason C. Eck, MS Disclosures ...

Disc replacement surgery is an alternative treatment to spinal fusion surgery for a variety of spinal problems. It has been available for conditions of the cervical and lumbar spine since the 1960s in ...

In cases where spondylotic changes to the spine put pressure on adjacent nerves, patients may experience pain, numbness or tingling that extends down the arm, with or without symptoms in the neck ...

The pain aggravated with tilting the head to an opposite direction. Plain X-ray of the cervical spine was unremarkable and an MRI of the cervical spine revealed a normal sagittal profile but axial ...

What causes lumbar disk disease? Lumbar disk disease is caused by a change in the structure of the normal disk. Most of the time, disk disease happens as a result of aging and the normal breakdown ...

He underwent computed tomography (CT) guided biopsy of his cervical spine. The biopsy was negative for tuberculosis and other infective organisms. Blood cultures, sickle cell history, human ...

X-ray examination disclosed a destructive lesion of the 4th, 5th and 6th cervical bodies by a mixed osteoblastic and osteolytic lesion (Fig. 1 and 2). The other cervical vertebras were normal.

Cervical pain causes pain in the neck and upper part of the spine. However, in some cases, it can affect other areas of the spine, causing complications. Written by: Sushmita Sharma ...

The cervical spine is the part of the spinal column (backbone) known as the neck. The cervical spine is composed of seven bones (C1 – C7), which are separated from one another by intervertebral ...