TY  - JOUR
T1  - Magnetic Resonance Imaging based Determination of Conus Medullaris Position in Adults
AU - , Maryam Rahmani AU - , Mohammad Ali Shabani Samghabadi AU - , Seyed Mehran Vaziri Bozorg 
JO  - Research Journal of Biological Sciences
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
SP  - 157
EP  - 159
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-8846
DO  - rjbsci.2009.157.159
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2009.157.159
KW  - Magnetic resonance imaging
KW  -lumbar spine
KW  -conus medullaris
KW  -transitional vertebra
AB  - The position of the conus medullaris was determined in 289 patients without obvious spine or cord pathology using midsagittal Magnetic Resonance (MR) images of the lumbosacral spine. In all patients, lumbosacral X-ray was evaluated for transitional vertebra to avoid misidentification of vertebrae on MR images. The mean location of the conus tip was at L<SUB>1</SUB> upper third, ranging from T<SUB>12</SUB> upper third to L<SUB>2</SUB> middle third. The position was slightly higher in males than in females. Presence of transitional vertebra or degenerative joint disease did not have significant effect on the position of the conus.
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