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Cervical Radiculopathy: Open Study on Percutaneous Periradicular Foraminal Steroid Infiltration Performed under CT Control in 30 Patients

Catherine Cytevala, Eric Thomasb, Eric Decouxa, Marie-Pierre Sarraberea, Alain Cottina, Francis Blotmanb and Patrice Taourela

a Department of Radiology, Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France
b Department of Rheumatology, Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France



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  		FIG 1. Images in a patient with a left C6 radicular pain due to posterolateral disk herniation. Pain was completely relieved after infiltration and sustained at clinical follow-up 6 months.

A, Postcontrast CT image at the C5-C6 level shows the vertebral artery (arrowhead) in front of the spinal ganglion (white arrow) and the soft posterolateral disk herniation (black arrow).

B, Needle in contact with the foraminal site of the nerve root (arrow).

C, Control CT scan after foraminal contrast injection shows contrast medium around the spinal ganglion (arrow).





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