Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2014 Jul;96(5):399.
doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2014.96.5.399.

Kitson's line as a useful visual aid in spinal magnetic resonance imaging interpretation

I S Vanhegan  1 , R Kaila, J L Kitson
Affiliations

Kitson's line as a useful visual aid in spinal magnetic resonance imaging interpretation

I S Vanhegan et al. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2014 Jul.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure 1a
Figure 1a
Axial T2 weighted image through the lumbar spine at the L5/S1 level
Figure 1b
Figure 1b
Kitson's line (A) showing flavum hypertrophy (B) and facet joint hypertrophy (C) resulting in left-sided lateral canal stenosis
Figure 2a
Figure 2a
Axial T2 weighted image through the lumbar spine at the L1/L2 level in an 88-year-old patient with a degenerative lumbar scoliosis
Figure 2b
Figure 2b
Kitson's line (A) revealing combination of degenerate disc, facet joint arthropathy (B) and scoliosis leading to left-sided lateral canal stenosis
See this image and copyright information in PMC