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Old 02-12-2013, 09:42 AM #1
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Default Help with MRI

Saw my primary doctor yesterday and she was kind in of to print this for me.Also she said there was a note in my file that i may have to have another nerve/muscle biopsy done.I had one done last year and the samples are to small.Thanks in advance.

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Comparison-1/18/2012. Findings: There is a mild levo curvature.Mild endplate compression of the lumbar vertebral bodies is grossly unchanged.Marrow signal is within normal limits, other than end plate degenerative changes,for the patients age. The visualized spinal cord is within normal limits.The conus ends at T12-L1.
Moderate degenerative changes of the disc spaces seen in the mid and lower thoratic disc space.Moderate to servere disc space and facet joint degenerative changes seen at L2-L3, L3-L4.Moderate degenerative changes seen on the rest of the lumbar disc spaces.There has been no significant interval change in the lumbar spine from 1/18/12. In the thoracic disc spaces, mild to moderate endplate degenerative changes seen.Prominent bridging anterior osteophytes seen in the mild and lower thoracic verterbral bodies. At right T2-T3, there is a prominent facet arthropathy with mild encroachment of the right posterior aspect of central canal.No other areas of significant cetral canal narrowing seen.
L1-L2: Prominent disc bulging and moderate facet arthropathy seen.Moderate servere central canal stenosis.Mild right foraminal narrowing seen.L2-L3: Marked end plate degenerative changes present.Moderate disc bulging present.Right paracentral disc protrusion has increased from the previous exam.Moderate bilateral facet arthropathy.Moderate disc bulging and facet arthropathy.Moderate central canal stenosis.Mild bilateral foraminal narrowing.L4-L5:Moderate endplate degenerative changes.Moderate disc bulging with broad based left paracentral disc protrusion.Prominent bilateral facet arthropathy.Moderate severe central canal stenosis.Moderate bilateral foraminal stenosis.L5-S1: Moderate disc bulging and facet arthropathy.No significant stenosis.Moderate degenerative changes of the disc spaces in the mid and lower thoracic disc spaces.Moderate to servere disc space and facet joint degenerative changes seen in the lubar disc spaces.There has been a slight change in the lumbar spine from 1/18/12. At L-2-L3, increased moderate server central canal encroachment seen due to slightly increased disc bulging and right paracentral disc protrusion.The rest of the lumbar disc spaces demonstrate persistent moderate severe central canal encroachment at L1-L2, L3-L-4, at L4-L5 as detailed above. No significant spinal canal narrowing in the thoracic disc spaces. Primary Diagnosit Code: Minor Abnormality.
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