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Radiografía de la columna lumbosacra - Results

Nombres alternativos

Rayos X de la columna lumbosacra; Radiografía de la columna lumbar

Significado de los resultados anormales:

Las radiografías de la columna lumbosacra pueden mostrar:

Curvas anormales de la columna vertebral.
Desgaste anormal en el cartílago y huesos de la región lumbar, tales como espolones óseos y estrechamiento de las articulaciones entre las vértebras.
Cáncer (aunque el cáncer no puede verse con frecuencia en este tipo de radiografía).
Fracturas.
Signos de adelgazamiento de los huesos (osteoporosis).
Espondilolistesis, en la cual un hueso (vértebra) en la región lumbar se sale de la posición apropiada sobre el hueso debajo de éste.

Aunque algunos de estos hallazgos se pueden ver en una radiografía, no siempre son causados por la espalda de una persona.

Muchos problemas en la columna vertebral no pueden diagnosticarse usando una radiografía lumbosacra, entre ellos:

Ciática.
Hernia discal.
Estenosis raquídea: estrechamiento de la columna vertebral.

Columna vertebral

Vértebras lumbares (parte baja de la espalda)

Vértebras torácicas (parte media de la espalda)

Columna vertebral

Sacro

Anatomía posterior de la columna vertebral

Reviewed last on: 2/7/2011
Linda Vorvick, MD, Family Physician, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Stevens JM, Rich PM, Dixon AK. The spine. In: Adam A, Dixon AK, eds. Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology: A Textbook of Medical Imaging. 5th ed. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone; 2008:chap 60.

Chou R, Qaseem A, Owens DK, Shekelle P; for the Clinical Guidelines Committee of the Amercian College of Physicians. Diagnostic imaging for low back pain: advice for high-value health care from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2011;154(3):181-189.

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