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History of chronic dorsal and lumbar pain
(a, b) Sagittal and axial TSE T2-weighted images with fat saturation (a, b). Facet joint effusion at L4/L5 bilaterally, with widening of the joint spaces (arrows)
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D’Aprile, P. (2015). Facet Joint Effusion. In: MRI of Degenerative Disease of the Spine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09447-2_11
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