 Extensive metallic artifact is demonstrated throughout the lumbar spine. The visualized portions of the spinal canal are grossly patent. A diffuse disc bulge is visualized at T10-T11 causing mild effacement of the ventral thecal sac. A multilobulated T2 hyperintense structure is visualized extending from the inferior pole of the left kidney, probably a renal cyst.
1. Severely limited examination secondary to extensive metal artifact. Portions of the visualized spinal canal appear grossly patent.2. A multilobulated T2 hyperintense structure is visualized extending from the inferior pole the left kidney, probably a renal cyst. Further characterization could be obtained with ultrasound, as clinically indicated.