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Name of the Patient : Abc Xyz Palmn / M / 32 yrs.
Referred by : Dr. Abc Xyzsani.
Examination : M.R.I. of the Cervical Spine.
CLINICAL PROFILE :
C/O writers cramp in the RUE.
EXAMINATION :
M.R.I of the cervical spine was performed using the following parameters :
4 mm thick T1 Weighted and T2 Weighted sagittal images.
5 mm thick T1 Weighted and Fast Scan (T2 *) axial images.
OBSERVATION :
A small postero-central disc herniation is seen to indent the thecal sac at the C2-C3 level.
There are posterior disc bulges at the C3-C4, C4-C5 and C5-C6 levels.
The C2-C3, C4-C5, C5-C6 and visualized upper dorsal intervertebral discs show loss of water content.
The upper cervical vertebral bodies show areas of fatty replacement of normal marrow.
The rest of the cervical vertebral bodies and the remaining intervertebral discs show normal signal intensity. The joints of Luschka and the visualized pre and paravertebral soft tissues are unremarkable.
The cervical spinal cord reveals normal signal intensity.
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The atlanto-axial region and the cervico-medullary junction are unremarkable.
IMPRESSION :
The MRI features are suggestive of a small postero-central disc herniation at the C2-C3 level.