56 years Female (DOB:9/9/1960)Reason: T6 compression fracture History: back painPROVIDER/ATTENDING NAME: MAGDALENA ANITESCU MAGDALENA ANITESCU There is a compression fracture present at T6 associated with approximately 50% loss of vertebral body height and convex posterior retropulsion into the spinal canal. There is marrow replacement throughout the T6 vertebra associated contrast enhancement. There is narrowing of the spinal canal at this level with a mild degree of spinal stenosis. There is effacement of spinal fluid ventral to the spinal cord. There is associated narrowing of the neural foramina.There is a large right-sided pleural effusion present.The thoracic vertebral bodies are appropriate in the overall alignment. The thoracic spinal cord has normal signal characteristics and overall morphology. There is no compromise of thoracic spinal canal or exiting nerve roots. No abnormal enhancing lesions are identified in the thoracic spine.
1.Findings are compatible with malignant compression fracture at T6 associated with mild spinal stenosis and 50% loss of vertebral body height2.Large right-sided pleural effusion.