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Date : 00.00.00

Name of the Patient : Abc Xyza Glmn / F / 52 yrs.
Referred by : Dr. Abc Xyzatt.
Examination : M.R.I. of the Cervical Spine.

CLINICAL PROFILE :

C/O neckpain radiating to BLE with tingling in the fingers of both hands.

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.

FEW IMAGES SHOW PATIENT MOTION.

OBSERVATION :

Susceptibility artifacts due to dentures are noted.

There is loss of normal cervical lordosis.

A small postero-central disc herniation is seen to indent the thecal sac at the C4-C5 level.

Mild posterior disc bulges are noted at the C3-C4 and C5-C6 levels.

There appears to be an enlarged right paratracheal lymph node. The right lobe of the thyroid gland is larger than the one on the left.

The cervical intervertebral discs show loss of water content.




The cervical vertebral bodies show areas of replacement of fatty marrow.

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 :

A small postero-central disc herniation at the C4-C5 level.