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Date : 00.00.00

Name of the Patient : Abc Xyzh Amblmn / M / 21 yrs.
Referred by : Dr. Abc Xyzah.
Examination : M.R.I. of the Dorso-lumbar Spine.

CLINICAL PROFILE :

C/O radicular pain to the LLE with paresthesias since November 0000.

EXAMINATION :

M.R.I of the dorso-lumbar spine was performed using the following parameters :

4 mm thick T1 Weighted and T2 Weighted sagittal images.
8 mm thick T1 Weighted and T2 Weighted axial images.

OBSERVATION :

There is loss of water content of the L1-L2 and L2-L3 intervertebral discs.

A postero-central disc protrusion is seen to indent the thecal sac at L2-L3 level.

Small postero-central protruded discs are noted at the L1-L2 and L5-S1 levels.

The visualized dorso-lumbar vertebral bodies and the remaining intervertebral discs reveal normal signal intensity. The visualized pre and paravertebral soft tissues are unremarkable.

The visualized dorsal spinal cord reveals normal signal intensity. There is no cord compression.

The conus medullaris terminates at the L1 level.

IMPRESSION :

1. A postero-central disc protrusion at the L2-L3 level.
2. Small postero-central protruded discs at the L1-L2 and L5-S1 levels.