62-year-old male patient with neck pain and bilateral shoulder pain. Evaluate for cord compression. The vertebral bodies are appropriate in the overall alignment and height. The spinal cord has normal signal characteristics and overall morphology. There is no compromise of the spinal cord. There are mild multilevel degenerative changes of the cervical, including a posterior disc-osteophyte complex at C4/C5. There are partially imaged lung masses and a left thyroid nodule, which are better evaluated on prior CT soft tissue neck and chest.
1. This is a limited exam specific for the exclusion of cord compression only and does not exclude more subtle lesions such as intrinsic cord abnormalities. No cord compression is identified.Due to the screening nature of this protocol details are not as evident on imaging as dedicated protocols of the spine.2. Mild degenerative changes of the cervical spine.3. Partially imaged lung masses are better evaluated on prior chest CT.