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INDICATION: 10-year-old male with posterior neck pain and slight left

arm numbness now resolved. No history of trauma.

 

COMPARISON: Extra cervical spine 11/10/2010

TECHNIQUE:　 Noncontrast MRI examination of the cervical spine was

performed, utilizing sagittal and axial T1- and T2-weighted sequences.　

FINDINGS:

Exam shows minimal poster protrusions at the C3-C4 and C4-C5 with no

associated deformity of the underlying thecal sac.　 There is slight

loss of normal T2 signal involving the C3-C4 and C4-C5 intervertebral

disc suggestive of minimal desiccation. The neural foramina at at

C3/C4-C4/C5 however are preserved bilaterally.　 There is also

questionable tiny left-sided foraminal protrusion at C5/C6 appears to

abut the left L5 nerve root causing minimal left foraminal compromise.

Right neural foramen is preserved. The remaining intervertebral disc of

the cervical spine demonstrate normal signal with no additional

posterior protrusions. There is no additional compromise of the central

canal no additional foraminal narrowing seen throughout the remaining

cervical spine. There is slight straightening of the normal lordotic

curve of the cervical spine probably related to patient positioning

versus spasm however there is satisfactory alignment. Normal signal is

seen throughout the cervical spinal cord. There is no evidence of the

Chiari malformation at the craniovertebral junction. The visualized

paraspinal soft tissues are unremarkable.　

 

IMPRESSION:

 

1. Questionable left-sided foraminal protrusion at C5/C6 abutting the

left L5 nerve root causing minimal left foraminal compromise.

2.Minimal to mild posterior protrusion from C3 through C6 with no

significant canal narrowing and no foraminal compromise.

Done