ヤマウチ　カヅヨ   YAMAUCHI Kadzuyo   山内　かづ代    所属   医学部 医学科    職種   評議員
論文種別	原著
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	Diagnosis of Lumbar Foraminal Stenosis using Diffusion Tensor Imaging.
掲載誌名	正式名：Asian spine journal 略　 称：Asian Spine J ISSNコード：(1976-1902)1976-1902(Linking)
掲載区分	国外
巻・号・頁	10(1),pp.164-9
著者・共著者	Eguchi Yawara, Ohtori Seiji, Suzuki Munetaka, Oikawa Yasuhiro, Yamanaka Hajime, Tamai Hiroshi, Kobayashi Tatsuya, Orita Sumihisa, Yamauchi Kazuyo, Suzuki Miyako, Aoki Yasuchika, Watanabe Atsuya, Kanamoto Hirohito, Takahashi Kazuhisa
発行年月	2016/02
概要	Diagnosis of lumbar foraminal stenosis remains difficult. Here, we report on a case in which bilateral lumbar foraminal stenosis was difficult to diagnose, and in which diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was useful. The patient was a 52-year-old woman with low back pain and pain in both legs that was dominant on the right. Right lumbosacral nerve compression due to a massive uterine myoma was apparent, but the leg pain continued after a myomectomy was performed. No abnormalities were observed during nerve conduction studies. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging indicated bilateral L5 lumbar foraminal stenosis. DTI imaging was done. The extraforaminal values were decreased and tractography was interrupted in the foraminal region. Bilateral L5 vertebral foraminal stenosis was treated by transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and the pain in both legs disappeared. The case indicates the value of DTI for diagnosing vertebral foraminal stenosis.
DOI	10.4184/asj.2016.10.1.164
PMID	26949473