Intervertebral disc lesion
General Classification of Disc Lesions
● Normal (excluding aging changes)
● Congenital/developmental variant
● Degenerative/traumatic lesion
Intravertebral
Spondylosis deformans
Intervertebral osteochondrosis
● Morphologic variant of unknown significance
*Adapted with permission from Milette PC. Classification, diagnostic imaging, and imaging characterization of a lumbar herniated disc. Radiol Clin North AM 2000;38:1267–1292.