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Date : 00.00.00

Name of the Patient : Abc XyzGailmn / F / 68 yrs.
Referred by : Dr. Abc Xyzrani.
Examination : M.R.I. of the Cervical Spine.

CLINICAL PROFILE :

C/O left sided neckpain since 1 month.

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 water content of all the cervical intervertebral discs.

The visualized cervico-dorsal vertebral bodies show spotty fatty marrow changes suggesting osteoporosis.

Small, postero-central protruded discs with peridiscal osteophytes are noted at the C3-C4, C4-C5, C5-C6 and C6-C7 levels, indenting the dural theca anteriorly.

Slight degenerative changes of the joints of Luschka is noted at the C4-C5 and C5-C6 levels bilaterally. Slight facetal hypertrophy is noted at the C3-C4 and C5-C6 levels.

Slight ligamentum flavum prominence is seen at the C3 and C6 vertebral levels.

The cervical spinal cord at the C5-C6 level shows a hyperintense signal on the T2 Weighted and Fast Scan (T2 *) images which may represent cord ischemia/gliosis.

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The visualized pre and paravertebral soft tissues are unremarkable.

There is no significant cord compression.

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

Incidentally noted is a hyperintense signal on the T2 Weighted images, in the visualized pons, which may represent ischemic changes. Inflammatory changes are noted in the sphenoid sinus.

IMPRESSION :

1. Altered signal in the visualized cervico-dorsal vertebral bodies may suggest osteoporosis.

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

3. Slight degenerative changes of the joints of Luschka at the C4-C5 and C5-C6 levels bilaterally.

4. Altered signal in the pons may represent ischemic changes.