Mastery Series

Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the Spine

Content Reviewed: 2021-12-13

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3.25 CME

37 Videos

26 Clinical Cases

3.25 CME

Course Description

In this series, Dr. Dave Yousem provides his perspective on degenerative joint disease (DJD) as a practicing neuroradiologist. He reviews the current nomenclature for disc pathology, some of the common locations for disc herniation and the surgical implications/outcomes of the varying degrees of disc injury. The Degenerative Joint Disease Mastery series provides more than a dozen case reviews of the diagnoses surrounding DJD.

Some the cases/topics include:

Sequestrated discs
Herniated discs
Disc protrusions
Annular fissures
And more…

Degenerative joint disease in the spine lies at the crossroads of musculoskeletal and neuroimaging.

Learning Outcomes & CME Information

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Apply appropriate search patterns to ensure high quality case assessment

Identify key anatomical landmarks, variations, and abnormalities on imaging

Accurately interpret advanced imaging cases

Formulate definitive diagnoses and limited differentials

Instructors

David M Yousem, MD, MBA

Professor of Radiology, Vice Chairman and Associate Dean

Johns Hopkins University

Show Content Titles

Lesson

Pre-Course Activities

1 Clinical Cases

3 min.

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4 m.

Lesson

Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)

26 Clinical Cases

3 hr. 17 min.

Introduction to Degenerative Spine Disease

6 m.

MRI Pulse Sequences for Degenerative Spine Disease

7 m.

Anatomy of an Intervertebral Disc

4 m.

Pulse Sequences For Lumbar Spine Imaging

10 m.

Nomenclature of Intervertebral Disc Disease

12 m.

Disc Protrusions vs. Extrusions

8 m.

Disc Sequestration

8 m.

Reporting of Lumbar Spine Degenerative Changes

14 m.

Case of Lumbar Spine Degenerative Disc Disease

11 m.

Case of Disc Protrusion

5 m.

Appropriate Reporting of Spine Degenerative Changes

7 m.

Describing Disc Protrusion Location and Important Features

4 m.

Analyzing a Disc Extrusion

3 m.

Foraminal/Far-Lateral Disc Herniation

5 m.

Cervical Spine Disc Extrusion

8 m.

Annular Fissure

3 m.

Contained vs. Uncontained Disc Herniation

7 m.

Terminology for Herniation Location

4 m.

Modic Classification of Degenerative Marrow Changes

9 m.

Modic Type 1 Endplate Changes

3 m.

Identifying an Annular Fissure

3 m.

Modic Type II Endplate Changes

4 m.

Differentiate Postoperative Scar vs. Recurrent Herniation

8 m.

Identify Common Causes of Spinal Canal Stenosis

7 m.

Grading and Common Causes of Spondylolisthesis

7 m.

Spondylolisthesis Secondary to Spondylolysis

3 m.

Synovial Cyst

4 m.

Clinical Importance of Posteriorly Projecting Synovial Cyst

3 m.

Common Causes of Acquired Stenosis

6 m.

Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (OPLL)

6 m.

Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH)

3 m.

Role of CT for the Identification of OPLL

5 m.

Association of OPLL and OLF

3 m.

Evaluation of Uncovertebral Joints

2 m.

Uncovertebral Degenerative Disease and Foraminal Narrowing

4 m.

Other Causes of Low Back Pain and Spinal Canal Stenosis

8 m.

Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the Spine

Course Description

Faculty Planning and Disclosures

Instructors

Lesson

Pre-Course Activities

Lesson

Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)

Course Evaluation