Low back pain 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 including fatty endplate changes at the L4-L5 level and edema involving the right aspect of the superior S1 endplate. The conus medullaris is normal in position.Multilevel degenerative changes are seen including disc desiccation at the L2-L3 and L3-L4 levels and significant loss of height at the L4-L5 and L5-S1 levels. Individual levels as below: L1-L2: Minimal disc bulge. No spinal canal or neural foraminal stenosis.L2-L3: Minimal disc bulge. No spinal canal or neural foraminal stenosis.L3-L4: Mild disc bulge without significant spinal canal or neural foraminal stenosis.. No spinal canal or neural foraminal stenosis.L4-L5: Mild disc bulge without significant spinal canal stenosis. There is mild bilateral neural foraminal stenosis L5-S1: Mild disc bulge with moderate right and mild left neural foraminal stenosis. No significant spinal canal stenosis. Mild facet arthropathy.Paraspinous soft tissues are within normal limits.
Mild degenerative changes throughout the lumbar spine without significant spinal canal stenosis at any level. There is up to moderate right L5-S1 neural foraminal stenosis which may be impinging on the right L5 nerve root.