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Low back pain patients with Modic type 1 changes exhibit distinct bacterial and non-bacterial subtypes.
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Heggli I, Mengis T, Laux CJ, Opitz L, Herger N, Menghini D, Schuepbach R, Farshad-Amacker NA, Brunner F, Fields AJ, Farshad M, Distler O, Dudli SAbstract
Modic type 1 changes (MC1) are vertebral endplate bone marrow (BM) lesions observed on magnetic resonance images in sub-populations of chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients. The etiopathogenesis remains unknown and treatments that modify the underlying pathomechanisms do not exist. We hypothesized that two biological MC1 subtypes exist: a bacterial and a non-bacterial. This would have important implications for developing treatments targeting the underlying pathomechanisms.