Reason: please eval for abscess, mass, compression History: pt with severe back pain and ttp Mild levoscoliosis, otherwise alignment is anatomic. Vertebral body heights are intact. Mild disc desiccation at L3-L4. Benign marrow signal. No abnormal enhancement. Normal signal from the distal cord and conus which ends at L1-L2T12-L1: No significant disc disease. No spinal canal or neural foraminal stenosis.L1-L2: No significant disc disease. No spinal canal or neural foraminal stenosis.L2-L3: No significant disc disease. No spinal canal or neural foraminal stenosis.L3-L4: Small left neuroforaminal protrusion. Mild ligamentum flavum thickening. No spinal canal or neural foraminal stenosis.L4-L5: Mild diffuse disc bulge. Mild ligamentum flavum thickening. Minimal left neural foraminal stenosis. No spinal canal stenosis.L5-S1: Mild diffuse disc bulge. No spinal canal or neural foraminal stenosis.Paraspinous soft tissues are within normal limits.
Small left neural foraminal protrusion at L3-L4 without significant spinal or neural foraminal narrowing at any level.