Hi I am 48 year old male who for the past
6 months has experienced leg pain
expecially when walking up steps and i
have noticed my left foot trying to point
inwards. i have leg pain when laying down
also. 8 years ago i have compression
fractures of t9 t10 and t11 they have
healed. I just received the report from
an lumbar mri and do not see my ortho till
apr 4th so i am a bit anxious when reading
the results. Can someone explain all this
to me. The report goes. There are normal
appearing intravertebral discs at the
t12-l1, l1-2 and the l2-3 leverls. There
is congenital spinal canal stenosis from
the l3-4 level inferiorly. At the l3-4
level, there is a broad based disc bulge,
as well as mild prominence of the
ligamentum flavum. There is mild central
canal stenosis. L4-5 This level
demonstrates a broad neck disc herniation
of the protusion type into the
subarticular and far lateral location on
the left. This appears to contact the
exiting L4 nerve root. The R L4 nerve root
appears to exit normally. There is a left
greater than right lateral recess
stenosis. The central canal stenosis is
graded as mild. There are facet
degenerative changes at this level. L5-S1
The facets are relatively unremarkable at
this level. The neural framina are patent.
There is a small disc herniation of the
broad neck protrusion type anteriorly.
This does not contact any of the adjacent
neural structures. There is bilateral
lateral recess stenosis.
Can anyone help explain all this.
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ronetta
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 5
Analysis Posted: 05-03-07 00:45am
hmm, i know that stenosis means a
narrowing and it's not a good thing, also
the broad based L3-5 disc bulge I would
guess to mean that it is a large bulge. It
sounds like your L4-5 discs are the main
problem, the ones that are pushing on your
nerve and causing the specific pain. The
website http://www.spine-health.com has
been very useful for me. I am getting
ready to have a microdiscetomy next week
on my l4-l5 and l5-s1.
