Neural foraminal stenosis can occur at any spinal cord level, but it’s most common in the lumbar spine and least common in the thoracic spine.

Vertebral foramen: The entire spinal cord runs through the center of the vertebral foramen. Intervertebral foramen: The spaces through which the spinal nerves enter and exit the spine.

Although endoscopic spine is still in its early phase of U.S. adoption, many spine surgeons expect it to grow into the next game changer in minimally invasive care. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly ...

Chiari malformation is a condition that occurs when the lower parts of the brain have been pushed down toward the spinal cord. The condition is estimated to occur in 1 in 1,280 people. Now ...

However, compression of the spinal cord due to spondylotic change or disc herniation at the cervical spine level was not observed. Therefore, she was diagnosed with symptomatic Arnold Chiari ...

Sciatica is caused by pressure on the sciatic nerve or its roots. Any condition which causes compression of the spinal cord, or the nerve roots emerging from the spinal foramina, causes sensory ...

Schwannoma: (Left) T1-weighted with gadolinium coronal MRI; (Right) T2-weighted axial MRI at the level of C1. Note the large somewhat dumb-bell shaped mass at the C1 level. Also note the deformity of ...

This narrowing can put pressure on the spinal cord and nerves, leading to various symptoms. Spinal stenosis can occur in different regions of the spine, including the cervical (neck) and lumbar ...

Published: 19 July 2001 Synovial cyst at the intervertebral foramina causing lumbar radiculopathy S Kemaloğlu, K Nas, A Gür, Y Bukte, A Ceviz & Ü Özkan Spinal Cord 39, 399–401 (2001) Cite ...