An assessment of morphological and pathological changes in paravertebral muscle degeneration using imaging and histological analysis: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background The high signal of paravertebral muscle (PVM) on T2-weighted image (T2WI) is usually considered to be fatty degeneration. However, it is difficult to distinguish inflammatory edema from fatty degeneration on T2WI. The purpose of this study was to identify different types of PVM h...

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Main Authors: Ding-Chao Zhu, Jia-Hao Lin, Jia-Jing Xu, Qiang Guo, Yi-Han Wang, Chao Jiang, Hui-Gen Lu, Yao-Sen Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-021-04734-3