History of numbness and pain in the lower extremity, history of metastatic prostate cancer with known spinal metastasis. Rule out cord compression. Motion degraded exam. No definite abnormal signal intensity within the cord to suggest acute cord compression. No definite compromise of the spinal cord. There are extensive metastatic bony lesions involving all vertebral body levels as seen on prior nuclear medicine bone scan. Posterior disc osteophyte complex at C6-C7 without compromise of the cord. Prominent dorsal epidural lipomatosis in the thoracic spine and lumbar spine levels.
Limited exam due to motion artifact. Within this limitation, no cord compression is identified. This is a limited exam specific for the exclusion of cord compression only and does not exclude more subtle lesions such as intrinsic cord abnormalities. Extensive osseous metastatic lesions throughout the spine.Due to the screening nature of this protocol details are not as evident on imaging as dedicated protocols of the spine.