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Less Is More: Efficacy of Rapid 3D-T2 SPACE in ED Patients with Acute Atypical Low Back Pain.

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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:Emergency department (ED) patients with acute low back pain (LBP) may present with ambiguous clinical findings that pose diagnostic challenges to exclude cauda equina syndrome (CES). As a proof of concept, we aimed to determine the efficacy of a rapid lumbar spine (LS) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) screening protocol consisting of a single 3D-T2 SPACE FS (3D-T2 Sampling Perfection with Application optimized Contrasts using different flip angle Evolution fat saturated) sequence relative to conventional LS MRI to exclude emergently treatable pathologies in this complex patient population. MATERIALS AND METHODS:LS MRI protocol including a sagittal 3D-T2 SPACE FS pulse sequence was added to the routine for ED patients presenting with acute atypical LBP over a 12-month period. Imaging findings were categorically scored on the 3D-T2 SPACE FS sequence and separately on the reference standard conventional LS MRI sequences. Patients' symptoms were obtained from review of the electronic medical record. Descriptive test statistics were performed. RESULTS:Of the 206 ED patients who obtained MRI for acute atypical LBP, 118 (43.3 ± 13.5 years of age; 61 female) were included. Specific pathologies detected on reference standard conventional MRI included disc herniation (n = 30), acute fracture (n = 3), synovial cyst (n = 3), epidural hematoma (n = 2), cerebrospinal fluid leak (n = 1), and leptomeningeal metastases (n = 1), and on multiple occasions these pathologies resulted in nerve root impingement (n = 36), severe spinal canal stenosis (n = 13), cord/conus compression (n = 2), and cord signal abnormality (n = 2). The 3D-T2 SPACE FS sequence was an effective screen for fracture (sensitivity [sens] = 100%, specificity [spec] = 100%), cord signal abnormality (sens = 100%, spec = 99%), and severe spinal canal stenosis (sens = 100%, spec = 96%), and identified cord compression not seen on reference standard. Motion artifact was not seen on the 3D-T2 SPACE FS but noted on 8.5% of conventional LS MRI. CONCLUSIONS:The 3D-T2 SPACE FS sequence MRI is a rapid, effective screen for emergently actionable pathologies that might be a cause of CES in ED patients presenting with acute atypical LBP. As this abbreviated, highly sensitive sequence requires a fraction of the acquisition time of conventional LS MRI, it has the potential of contributing to increased efficiencies in the radiology department and improved ED throughput.

journal_name

Acad Radiol

journal_title

Academic radiology

authors

Koontz NA,Wiggins RH 3rd,Mills MK,McLaughlin MS,Pigman EC,Anzai Y,Shah LM

doi

10.1016/j.acra.2017.02.011

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-08-01 00:00:00

pages

988-994

issue

eissn

1076-6332

issn

1878-4046

pii

S1076-6332(17)30125-3

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Less Is More: Efficacy of Rapid 3D-T2 SPACE in ED Patients with Acute Atypical Low Back Pain.