Frequent Benign, Nontraumatic, Noninflammatory Causes of Low Back Pain in Adolescents: MRI Findings

Table 1

Age, gender, MRI findings, diagnosis.

	Gender	Age	MRI	Disc changes	Nerve root impingement	Endplate changes	Final diagnosis
(1)	Male	17	Lumbar	Disc bulges (L3-S1)	-	++	Degenerative changes
(2)	Female	13	Thoracic; lumbar	Disc bulges (L3-S1)	-	++	Scoliosis/degenerative changes
(3)	Male	16	Lumbar	Disc bulges (L3-S1)	+++	+	Degenerative changes
(4)	Male	17	Lumbar	Disc bulges (L2–5); Disc hernia (L5-S1)	+++	++	Degenerative changes
(5)	Male	16	Lumbar	Disc bulges (L2–4); Disc hernia (L5-S1)	+	+	Degenerative changes
(6)	Male	17	Thoracic; lumbar	Narrowing of disk space; Schmorl’s nodes	-	+++	Scheuermann’s
(7)	Female	17	Thoracic; lumbar	Narrowing of disk space; Schmorl’s nodes	-	+++	Scheuermann’s
(8)	Female	14	Lumbar	Disc hernia (L5-S1)	++	+	Degenerative changes
(9)	Female	15	Thoracic; lumbar	Narrowing of disk space; Schmorl’s nodes	-	+++	Scheuermann’s
(10)	Male	16	Lumbar	Disc hernia (L5-S1)	+	+	Degenerative changes
(11)	Female	17	Lumbar	Disc bulges (L3–5)	+	+	Degenerative changes

(-) no pressure, (+) minor pressure/changes, (++) moderate pressure/changes, (+++) severe pressure/changes.