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A: Degenerative spinal stenosis
A: Degenerative spinal stenosis. The sagittal T2-weighted MR image shows decreased anteroposterior diameter of the neural canal at the L4–5 level due to redundancy of the ligamentum flavum. B: The axial image through the L4–5 disk shows decreased cross-sectional area of the thecal sac from hypertrophic changes of the facet joints posterolateral to the thecal sac. (Used with permission from John Crues, MD, University of California, San Diego.) Source: Chapter 10. Approach to the Patient with Low Back Pain, CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Rheumatology, 3e Citation: Imboden JB, Hellmann DB, Stone JH. CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Rheumatology, 3e; 2013 Available at: Accessed: October 07, 2017 Copyright © 2017 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved
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