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Name of the Patient : Abc XyzMohd. AlSilmn / M / 52 yrs.
Examination : M.R.I. of the Cervical Spine.

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 :

There is loss of normal cervical lordosis and loss of water content of the cervical intervertebral discs.

There are small, postero-central disc herniations with peridiscal osteophytes at the C3-C4, C4-C5, C5-C6 and C6-C7 levels indenting the dural theca anteriorly.

Degenerative changes of the joints of Luschka are noted at the C3-C4 and C5-C6 levels, bilaterally with slight facetal hypertrophy at the C3-C4, C4-C5 and C5-C6 levels.

The cervical vertebral bodies show normal signal intensity. 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.

Screening, T2 Weighted sagittal images of the dorsal spine reveal facetal hypertrophy at the D8-D9, D10-D11 and D12-L1 levels, with small postero-central protruded discs at the D9-D10, D10-D11 and D12-L1 levels.



IMPRESSION :

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

2. Degenerative changes of the joints of Luschka at the C3-C4 and C5-C6 levels, bilaterally with slight facetal hypertrophy at the C3-C4, C4-C5 and C5-C6 levels.

3. Facetal hypertrophy at the D8-D9, D10-D11 and D12-L1 levels, with small postero-central protruded discs at the D9-D10, D10-D11 and D12-L1 levels.