Leg pain and numbness Five lumbar type vertebral bodies are presumed to be present. Vertebral body heights are within normal limits. Alignment is within normal limits. Bone marrow signal is benign. The conus medullaris is normal in position.Mild degenerative changes are seen, as described below: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. Mild facet arthropathy.L3-L4: No significant disc disease. No spinal canal or neural foraminal stenosis. Mild facet arthropathy.L4-L5: No significant disc disease. No spinal canal or neural foraminal stenosis. Mild facet arthropathy.L5-S1: There is disc desiccation with a disc bulge which is slightly eccentric to the right. There is also a small central disc protrusion. There is mild narrowing of the right neural foramen and minimal contact of the left S1 nerve root in the lateral recess. There is otherwise no significant spinal canal or neural foraminal stenosis. Paraspinous soft tissues are within normal limits.
1. Minimal degenerative changes in the lumbar spine without high-grade spinal canal or high-grade neural foraminal stenosis at any level. 2. At the L5-S1 level is a mild disc bulge with a small central protrusion which is associated with very mild contact of the right L5 nerve root in the right neural foramen as well as the left S1 nerve root in the left lateral recess, but without clear evidence of impingement.