Female, 45 years old, with bilateral upper extremity and lower extremity numbness. A mild reversal of the cervical lordosis is evident centered at C5-6. Sagittal alignment is otherwise unremarkable.Vertebral body height and morphology are within normal limits. Mild edema is seen centered on the C5-6 endplates. Elsewhere, no pathologic marrow replacement or marrow edema is observed.The spinal cord is normal signal intensity and morphology throughout. No epidural abnormalities are suspected.Axial T2 images are degraded by motion artifact. Within this limitation, the following observations are made.C2-3: Left facet hypertrophy. No significant spinal canal or foraminal stenosis. C3-4: No spinal canal stenosis or neuroforaminal narrowing. C4-5: No spinal canal stenosis or neuroforaminal narrowing. C5-6: Mild posterior disc-osteophyte complex formation. No spinal canal stenosis. Mild encroachment of the left neural foramen. C6-7: Minimal posterior disc-osteophyte complex formation. No spinal canal or foraminal stenosis. C7-T1: Left facet hypertrophy. Minimal posterior disc-osteophyte complex formation with a small left paracentral protrusion. No cord impingement or spinal canal stenosis is seen. No significant foraminal narrowing.
Relatively mild degenerative findings as above without significant spinal canal or foraminal stenosis.