A cervical annular tear (also called an annular fissure) is a crack or split in the annulus fibrosus, the tough outer ring of a cervical intervertebral disc. ...
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A cervical annular peripheral (transverse) tear is a rip or fissure in the tough outer ring (annulus fibrosus) of one of the neck (cervical) intervertebral ...
A cervical annular concentric tear is a type of injury to the intervertebral disc in the neck. The disc has a tough outer ring called the annulus fibrosus, ...
A cervical annular radial tear is a crack or fissure in the layers of the annulus fibrosus—the tough, fibrocartilaginous ring that surrounds the soft nucleus ...
A paracentral cervical annular tear is a crack or fissure in the tough outer ring (the annulus fibrosus) of one of the discs in your neck (cervical spine). ...
A central cervical annular tear at C7–T1 is a crack or split in the tough outer ring (annulus fibrosus) of the intervertebral disc between the seventh cervical ...
Annular tears—also called annular fissures—occur when the tough outer ring (annulus fibrosus) of a cervical intervertebral disc at the C7–T1 level develops a ...
A cervical annular tear at the C6–C7 level is a split or crack in the tough, fibrous outer ring (annulus fibrosus) of the intervertebral disc that sits between ...
A cervical annular tear is a crack or fissure in the annulus fibrosus—the tough, outer ring of the intervertebral disc—specifically at the C5–C6 level of the ...
A cervical annular tear at C4–C5 is a small crack or fissure in the annulus fibrosus—the tough outer ring—of the intervertebral disc located between the fourth ...
A cervical annular tear is a small crack or fissure in the outer ring (annulus fibrosus) of an intervertebral disc. At the C3–C4 level in the neck, this tear ...
A cervical annular tear at the C2–C3 level is a crack or fissure in the annulus fibrosus—the tough, outer ring of the intervertebral disc—that lies between the ...
Cervical annular tears are small cracks or fissures in the annulus fibrosus—the tough, outer ring of an intervertebral disc—that can lead to neck pain and ...
An annular tear is a small crack or fissure in the annulus fibrosus, the tough, fibrous outer ring of an intervertebral disc. These tears can allow the softer ...
A cervical disc annular tear is a crack or fissure in the tough outer ring (annulus fibrosus) of a spinal disc in your neck (cervical spine). These tears can ...
Extraligamentous thecal sac indentation is a finding seen on spinal imaging—most often MRI—where material located outside the posterior longitudinal ligament ...
Transligamentous thecal sac indentation is a radiologic finding where a fragment of intervertebral disc material protrudes through the posterior longitudinal ...
A free fragment thecal sac indentation refers to a condition where a sequestered disc fragment—a piece of intervertebral disc material that has broken away ...
Subligamentous thecal sac indentation occurs when intervertebral disc material herniates beneath the posterior longitudinal ligament, pressing into and ...
Subarticular thecal sac indentation is a radiologic finding on spinal imaging (MRI, CT) characterized by focal inward deformation of the thecal (dural) sac at ...
