Indications to order an MRI scan in a child with scoliosis include persistent pain, abnormal neurologic findings, presence of abnormal bone structure (congenital scoliosis), atypical curve pattern, and rapid progression of the curve.
Izinto ezikhokelela ekubeni umntwana onesifo sokugoba kwethambo lomqolo kufuneke ukuba enziwe uvavanyo lweMRI ziquka iintlungu ezizingileyo, iziphumo zovavanyo lwemithambo-luvo ezibonisa ingxaki, ukuba nesakhiwo samathambo esinengxaki (isifo sokugoba kwethambo lomqolo sofuzo), umfuziselo wokugoba ongaqhelekanga, kunye nokuqhubekeka ngamandla kokugoba kwethambo lomqolo.