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Click here to email me : Jalaljalalshokouhi@hotmail.com. Visit my webpage by clicking here: www.medimage.ir. Fatty degeneration of coccyx. Jalal Jalal Shokouhi -M.D. ISR and CIRAD president, Jaam e jam and koorosh medical centers
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Click here to email me: Jalaljalalshokouhi@hotmail.com Visit my webpage by clicking here: www.medimage.ir Fatty degeneration of coccyx Jalal JalalShokouhi-M.D. ISR and CIRAD president, Jaam e jam and koorosh medical centers jalaljalalshokouhi@hotmail.comwww.medimage.ir+989121137884 ShahyarPashae, anatomist, Bonidaddaneshnamenegarifarsi Mohammad hosseinHerischi, professor of orthopedy, Baku, Republic Azerbaijan
X-ray and X-ray CT show bony content of sacrum and coccyx. • Alignment of coccyx is not regular in population and lateral,anterior and posterior deciations are common. Anterior deviation or inward deformity is more common. • By MR-imaging we fund fatty infiltration in 5th segment of sacrum and all segments of coccyx and this is a population variant in 97% of them. Cause could be immobility of these parts. • T1 and STIR-T2 images in sagittal plane are the key for diagnosis.
X-ray cannot show coccyx in details X-ray CT can shows calcification degree of segments MRI can shows fatty content of the segments or bone marrow
Mal-alignment of coccyx is not a pathology (is variant) painfull coccyx could be extracted even by normal imaging findings.
97% of population in our random study in PACS show full fatty infiltration of 2 lower sacral segments and all segments of coccyx.
What is the cause: could be immobility MRI pulses of T1 sagittal and STIR-T2 are used for net diagnosis (key for diagnosis).
Peri-sacrococyx inflammation by STIR images Look at the “whale” ,anterior to the rectum , an animal as biggest mammal
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