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IJMDC. 2022; 6(4): 601-607 Pattern of cervical magnetic resonance imaging findings in diagnosed cases of degenerative disc disease among adult patients with persistent neck painZiyad Almushayti, Khalifa Alghofaili, Hassan Alwadaani, Mohammed Almushayti, Hisham Alsaab, Yazeed Alhofair, Marwan Aljumah, Naif Aljumaah. Abstract | | | | Background: Degenerative disc disease is a common word for the condition in which an injured vertebral disc leads to chronic pain, 40% of people aged 40 years or above have disc degenerative disease. This increases to 80% in people aged 80 years or above. The present study assessed the pattern of cervical magnetic resonance imaging findings in diagnosed cases of degenerative disc disease.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 441 patients with persistent neck pain who are suspected of having degenerative intervertebral disc disease, and who had underwent a cervical spine magnetic resonance imaging interpreted by a consultant radiologist at Al-Qassim national hospital using a 1.5 Tesla magnet. The cases were collected through a picture archiving and communication system from January 2018 to January 2020. The Chi-square test was carried out for data analysis.
Results: Degenerative disc disease in diffuse disc bulge and protrusion was found in all of the study subjects accounting for 441; diffuse disc bulge was the commonest degenerative change found in 306 subjects (69.4%), followed by protrusion found in 126 (28.6%). C5-C6 was the most common level for degenerative disc disease accounting for 46.9%. All results of age-related degeneration were non-significant, except the correlation between age and disc osteophyte complex. All results of sex-related degeneration were non-significant.
Conclusion: Disc degeneration and the changes associated had no associations to either sex.
Key words: Chronic neck pain, cervical disc degeneration, cervical MRI
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