Assess for cervical spondylosis. Neck pain and stiffness. There is partial fusion of the C6 and C7 vertebrae. Otherwise, the vertebral column alignment is within normal limits and the vertebral body heights are preserved. There are multilevel degenerative changes in the cervical spine with endplate edema and small posterior disc-osteophyte complexes. There is associated mild neural foramen stenosis at C2-3 and C3-4, eccentric to the left. There also appears to be mild left C3-4, right C4-5, and right C5-6 neural foramen stenosis. The spinal cord displays normal signal and morphology. The paravertebral soft tissues are unremarkable.
1. Multilevel degenerative changes in the cervical spine with endplate edema and small posterior disc-osteophyte complexes with associated mild neural foramen stenosis at C2-3 and C3-4 and what appears to be mild left C3-4, right C4-5, and right C5-6 neural foramen stenosis. 2. Partial fusion of the C6 and C7 vertebrae may be congenital in nature. 