Help Translate My Mri Into English... Posted: 10-11-07 00:29am
I am soliciting any help interpreting my
MRI/Condition; so many of you have such a
great wealth of knowledge…I welcome all
input.
My symptoms include: Neck pain radiating
into right shoulder and down arm -
moderate to severe (EMG confirms Cervical
Radiculopathy), neck aches, creaking
sounds when turn my head, headaches severe
(at times) starting at base of skull/neck
several times a week, range of motion
limited when turning head, some days I
feel totally disabled with neck pain, some
days not so bad...etc..
Onset of symptoms couple years ago with
neck injury, re-aggravitated and
substancially worsened since car accident
6 mts ago...all conservative methods tried
except cervical epidural shot thus far.
Examination of the individual intervertal
disc spaces demonstrates mild
ostoarthritic change at the C1-2
articulation
C2-3 demonstrates diffuse disc/osteophyte
complex, mildly effacing ventral CSF.
There is minimal narrowing of the right
and mild to moderate narrowing of the left
neural foramina, due to disc/osteophyte
complex and hypertropic changes from the
left greater than the right facet joints.
C4-5 demonstrates moderate central canal
stenosis suspected to be due to a
combination of a degree of developmental
stenosis as well as disc/osteophyte
complex and focal posterior midline disc
protrusion contacting the anterior margin
of the cord. There is moderate narrowing
of both neural foramina, with hypertropic
changes from the facet joints contributing
to the neural forminal stenosis.
C5-6 demonstrates central canal stenosis,
with disc/osteophyte complex superimposed
upon a degree of developmental stenosis,
contributing to the central canal
narrowing. There is moderate to severe
bilateral neural foraminal stenosis with
proliferative changes from the facet
joints contributing to the stenosis.
C6-7 and C7-T1 are unremarkable.
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Mri Posted: 10-11-07 09:30am
You have mild osteoarthritis between your
two top vertebra in your neck.
In the next joint down you have
osteophytes, which are small growth's of
bone, and some narrowing of your neural
foramina, which are small openings that
the nerves course out of, due to the
osteophytes. You also have hypertrophic
changes in your facet joints, meaning
there is extra bone growth in the small
joints at the back of the vertebra.
there is no comment about the next
vertebra.
The next vertebra down you have canal
stenosis which is narrowing of the spinal
canal due to osteophytes, and a protruding
disk that is touching your spinal cord,
there is more narrowing of your neural
foramina, and extra bone growth at the
facet joints.
At the next joint down there is more
narrowing of both the spinal canal and the
neural foramina.
the next two joins down are normal
I am assuming that when your report say's
hypertropic it means hypertrophic
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