50-year-old female with right-sided neck pain that radiates to her arm and hand. Craniovertebral junction appears within normal limits. The cervical vertebral bodies are appropriate in height. Alignment is maintained. Bone marrow signal is within normal limits. Limited evaluation of the intracranial structures is unremarkable. Minimal right disc osteophyte complex at C4-C5 without thecal sac effacement, spinal canal or foraminal stenosis. Small right paramedian disc protrusion at C5-C6 with slight flattening of the thecal sac and ventral cord. The cervical spinal cord has normal signal characteristics and overall morphology.The vertebral artery flow voids appear to be intact. Paraspinous soft tissue structures appear within normal limits.
A right paramedian disc protrusion at C5-C6 causes effacement of the thecal sac and slight flattening of the ventral cord.