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Can You See Lesions On Spinothalamic Tract On Mri?
Question: can you see lesions on spinothalamic tract on mri?
Brief Answer:
Lesions need to match on imaging findings and clinical examination
Detailed Answer:
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The spinothalamic tracts are sensory pathways and carry sensory information.
Anatomically thereare anterior and lateral spinothalamic tracts and spinoreticular tract and spinotectal tracts.
Lesions in these areas may be suspected if the MRI findings match with the clinical examination of sensory deficits.
There is research going on in the field of diffusion tensor imaging and tractography using 3T MRI machines and might enable to study the tracts in detail.
Regards,
Lesions need to match on imaging findings and clinical examination
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for writing in to us,
The spinothalamic tracts are sensory pathways and carry sensory information.
Anatomically thereare anterior and lateral spinothalamic tracts and spinoreticular tract and spinotectal tracts.
Lesions in these areas may be suspected if the MRI findings match with the clinical examination of sensory deficits.
There is research going on in the field of diffusion tensor imaging and tractography using 3T MRI machines and might enable to study the tracts in detail.
Regards,
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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