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Name of the Patient : Abc Xyzkar Poilmn / M / 38 yrs.
Referred by : Dr. Abc Xyzah.
Examination : M.R.I. of the Cervical Spine.

CLINICAL PROFILE :

C/O giddiness, gait imbalance and tingling in BUE and BLE since 6 months.

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.

SOME IMAGES SHOW PATIENT MOTION.

OBSERVATION :

A postero-central disc herniation with peridiscal osteophytes is seen to indent the thecal sac at the C5-C6 level.

There are small postero-central disc herniations with peridiscal osteophytes at the C3-C4, C4-C5 and C6-C7 levels with anterior indentation of the thecal sac.

Mild ligamentum flavum hypertrophy is noted at the C5-C6 and C6-C7 levels.

The cervical intervertebral discs show loss of water content.

Fatty changes are noted in the cervical vertebral bodies.
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The joints of Luschka and the visualized pre and paravertebral soft tissues are unremarkable.

The cervical spinal cord reveals normal signal intensity.

The atlanto-axial region and the cervico-medullary junction are unremarkable.

IMPRESSION :

The MRI features are suggestive :

1. A postero-central disc herniation with peridiscal osteophytes at the C5-C6 level.

2. Small postero-central disc herniations with peridiscal osteophytes at the C3-C4, C4-C5 and C6-C7 levels.

3. Mild ligamentum flavum hypertrophy at the C5-C6 and C6-C7 levels.