The Pathology of Type II Modic Changes: Fat Deposition or Osteosclerosis? A Study Using CT Scan

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:8.65em"/><col style="width:6.79em"/><col style="width:7.03em"/><col style="width:6.92em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">CT value (HU)</td><td class="align_center">Grade III</td><td class="align_center">Grade IV</td><td class="align_center">Grade V</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Bone marrow area</td><td class="align_center">277.87±108.77</td><td class="align_center">255.62±124.25</td><td class="align_center">265.77±123.08</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Endplate</td><td class="align_center">461.80±93.05</td><td class="align_center">480.59±123.04</td><td class="align_center">472.62±133.38</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>No significant difference was found in the CT value of the bone marrow area (P=0.5597) or endplate (P=0.7400) between the various degrees of disc degeneration.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>CT values of MC regions adjacent to discs with different degrees of degeneration.</div>

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