Pain/numbness in hand/shoulder. There are prominent posterior disc-osteophyte complexes at C5-6 and C6-7, which along with prominence of the ligamentum flavum at these levels, result in severe bilateral neural foraminal and spinal canal stenosis with indentation upon the spinal cord. There is no abnormal spinal cord signal, however. There are degenerative bone marrow signal alterations involving C5 and C6. There is no significant spinal canal or neural foraminal stenosis at the other cervical spine levels. There is no significant spondylolisthesis. There is a left mastoid effusion. The paraspinal soft tissues are unremarkable.
Degenerative spondylosis results in severe bilateral neural foraminal and spinal canal stenosis at C5-6 and C6-7 with indentation upon the spinal cord.