View Single Post
Old 03-01-2016, 01:17 PM
Baeter Baeter is offline
Newly Joined
 
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 1
8 yr Member
Baeter Baeter is offline
Newly Joined
 
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 1
8 yr Member
Default work injury mri reports.

Had two mri's done as a result of a work injury involving moving alot of heavy furniture over the past 5 years. No clue what this means. Any help greatly appreciated.

Findings: There is normal thoracic kyphosis. There is no malalignment. The vertebral body heights are maintained without compression deformities. There are degenerative endplate changes at the inferior endplact of T7 and T8 with shallow Schmorl's nodes. There is no marrow edema and the bone marrow signal intensity is preserved. The spinal cord is normal in caliber adn signal intensity with the conus terminating at the T12-L1 level. The throacic spine is otherwise unremarkable through the T4-T5 level.
T5-T6: There is a shallow disc bulge abutting upon the ventral aspect of the thecal sac without signific ant canal stenosis (sagittal series 19 image 9). There is no neural foraminal narrowing bilaterallly.
T6-T7: There is a shallow right paracentral deisc protrusion indenting upon the right ventral aspect of the thecal sac without significant canal stenosis or right lateral recess narrowing (axial series 23 image 10). There is no significan neural foraminal narrowing bilaterally.
The remaining levels of the thoracic spine are unremarkable.

Impression:
1. No compression fractures or marrow edema.
2. Mild degenerative endplate changes and mild disc degeration at the T5-T6 and T6-T7 levels without significant canal stenosis or neural foraminal narrowing throughout the thoracic spine.

Findings: There is a normal lumbar lordosis. There is no malalignment. the vertebral body heighs are maintained without compression deformities. There are shallow Schmorl's nodes at the inferior endplate of T12 and L1. The bone marrow signal intensity is preserved. There is no marrow edema. There is mild bilateral facet arthropathy. There is no significant neural foraminal narrowing.
L5-S1: unremarable.
Impression:
1. No compression fractures or marrow edema.
2. No disc protrustions or central canal stenosis.
3. Mild facet arthropathy at the L4-L5 level without significant neural foraminal narrowing or impingement upon intraspinal or exiting nerve roots throughout the lumbar spine to suggest radiculopathy.
Baeter is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote