Patient with pronounced claustrophobia and left shoulder pain with limitation of movement
Referral for MRI was made with the suspicion of rotator cuff rupture. The patient suffers from pronounced claustrophobia. A conventional MRI in a “tube system” was not tolerated by the patient.
Functional spinal stenosis in the lumbar spine under natural weight bearing in reclination in standing position
The 57-year-old patient presented here complains of chronic lumbar syndrome for one year in condition after lumbosacral fusion surgery (2000) with persistent lumbaralgias and pseudo-radicular lumboischialgias.
Lumbar syndrome after long-stretch spondylodesis. Significant metal artifact reduction in the Upright MRI
Presented is a 61-year-old female patient with a postoperative persistent lumbar syndrome in condition after long-distance spondylodesis from L2-L5 with additional cage implantations and …
Functional high-grade spinal canal stenosis in the lumbar spine under natural weight bearing in standing and sitting position
The 60-year-old patient presented here complains of a chronic recurrent lumbar syndrome accentuated for 2 years with pseudoradicular lumboischialgia with bilateral, load- and position-dependent radiation into the legs with restriction of walking distance.
Functional instability in the area of the lumbar spine under the natural weight bearing while standing and sitting
The 34-year-old patient presented here complains postoperatively of increasing load- and position-dependent pain with radiation to both legs, numbness in the soles of the feet, and tingling paresthesias on the right side, especially in anteflexion.
Functional lumbar sliding instability while sitting with maximal spinal tightness while standing
The 60-year-old patient presented here complains of chronic lumbar syndrome with lumbago, tension, and pseudoradicular lumboischialgia with bilateral radiation to the legs. These complaints occur especially during standing and walking.
Position-dependent root symptomatology caused by a weight- and position-dependent synovial cyst
The patient presented here complains of pain lumbar that can occur in any position, as well as sudden onset pain in the left leg that shows radiation along the L5 root dermatome.
Functional instability in the cervical spine under natural weight bearing and in functional postures
A conventional MRI of the cervical spine performed in the supine position did not provide a clear diagnosis for the complaints. Upright MRI was then performed to clarify the cervical spine under natural weight-bearing and in functional positions (anteflexion and retroflexion).
Spinal tightness due to unstable anterolisthesis and synovial cysts extending intraspinally
Upright kinetic positional MRI was performed to rule out functional instability.
Highest degree of spinal stenosis in the area of the lumbar spine
Functional examination under natural weight bearing in the Upright MRI diagnosed a highly severe spinal stenosis that could not be detected by conventional supine MRI.
Position- and motion-dependent multisegmental spinal stenosis of the cervical spine
Functional examination in the Upright MRI reveals position- and motion-dependent multisegmental spinal stenosis.
Position-dependent disc herniation in the cervical spine
Kinetic positional magnetic resonance imaging shows positional disc herniation with compression of the myelon and displacement of the C7 nerve root on the left.
LS Unambiguous sequestration in inclination
Functional imaging in the Upright MRI provides unequivocal evidence of a sequestrum in the L4/L5 segment.
Instability in the cervicooccipital junction
Instability in the cervicooccipital junction demonstrated by upright MRI examination in inclination and reclination.
Spondylolysthesis under weight bearing
Degenerative spondylolisthesis at L4/L5 with high-grade spinal stenosis, demonstrated under natural weight bearing in sitting and standing.
High-grade spinal stenosis in the region of the cervical spine
High-grade, positional spinal stenosis at C2/C3 with significant compression of the myelon.
Unstable dens fracture
Upright MRI scan reveals an old, unstable dens fracture with resultant function-dependent spinal stenosis.
Positional anterolisthesis
The 65-year-old patient presented here has been suffering from complaints in the lumbar spine for many years….
Antherolisthesis in bilateral spondylolysis
Anterolisthesis of L5 in bilateral spondylolysis L5. Upright MRI examination excluded segmental instability and demonstrated foraminal narrowing L5/S1.
Position-dependent spinal stenosis of the lumbar spine
Upright MRI clearly demonstrated position-dependent spinal stenosis in reclination at L2/L3 and L3/L4.