{"id":9345,"date":"2025-10-27T14:31:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T14:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/?page_id=9345"},"modified":"2026-01-07T10:13:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T10:13:51","slug":"discography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/specialties\/neuroradiology-and-pediatric-neuroradiology\/discography\/","title":{"rendered":"Discography"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Discography<\/h1>

Discography is an examination of a disc using a contrast agent. It should not be confused with a myelography because, during myelography, a contrast agent is injected into the space around the spinal cord.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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How is discography carried out?<\/h3>

During\u00a0discography, the contrast agent is sterilely injected into the disc through a very small needle, under\u00a0CT<\/a>\u2013 or\u00a0X-ray<\/a>-guidance in an operating room. In addition to the administration of a contrast agent and the analysis of the images, there is a pressure test with a special manometer, which measures if a disc is abnormally sensitive to pain. Based on\u00a0this information, physicians can detect the disc, which is pathologically \u2028degenerated.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Image examples<\/h3>

The upper X-ray image shows a discography of a herniated disc with a leakage of a contrast agent into the spinal canal (lower disc). The contrast agent is injected through fine needles. It is visible as a dark\/black fluid. The lower\u00a0CT<\/a>\u00a0image shows a reconstructed spine for the better evaluation of even small tears of a vertebral disc. The contrast agent is visible as a bright\/white liquid.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

When is discography indicated?<\/h3>

Discography can be carried out, if a tear in a disc is expected, which could not be proven by an\u00a0MRI<\/a>\u00a0examination.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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