sb/bv/rg/nl
Date : 00.00.00
Name of the Patient : Abc XyzGhanshyalmn / F / 22 yrs.
Referred by : Dr. Abc Xyz.
Examination : M.R.I. of the Cervical Spine.
CLINICAL PROFILE :
C/O neck pain radiating to the LUE since 3 years and in the RUE since 7-8 months.
EXAMINATION :
M.R.I of the cervical spine was performed using the following parameters :
5 mm thick T1 Weighted and T2 Weighted sagittal images.
5 mm thick T1 Weighted and Fast Scan (T2 *) axial images.
4 mm thick T1 Weighted and STIR coronal images.
OBSERVATION :
There is loss of normal cervical lordosis and loss of water content of the C3-C4, C4-C5 and C5-C6 intervertebral discs.
Small, postero-central protruded discs with small peridiscal osteophytes are noted at the C3-C4, C4-C5 and C5-C6 levels.
A posterior disc bulge is identified at the C6-C7 level.
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.
The atlanto-axial region and the cervico-medullary junction are unremarkable.
There is no abnormality detected within the thoracic inlet.
IMPRESSION :
Small, postero-central protruded discs with small peridiscal osteophytes at the C3-C4, C4-C5 and C5-C6 levels.