MRI cervical spine:
Clinical indication : left side neck,shoulder,armpit,arm,and thumb pain.finger numbness.
Findings:no abnormal signal alterations are identified within the spinal cord.No acute vertebral body fractures are identified. There is very minimal retrolisthesis of c4 on c5 and c5 on c6. There is a reversal of the normal cervical lordosis centered at about the c3-4 and c4-5 levels. There is intervertebral disc space narrowing at the c4-5 and c5-6 levels. There are degenerative marginal osteophytes of the vertebral bodies and there are degenerative changes of the discs.
At the c4-5 level, there are a posterior hypertrophic changes of the vertebral bodies and there is disc bulging. This causes mild to moderate ventral impress upon the thecal sac.
At the c5-6 level, there are more extensive posterior hypertrophic changes of the vertebral bodies and there is associated disc bulging. There is moderate impress on the thecal sac. There is some mild narrowing of the spinal canal although csf remains anterior and posterior to the cord.