Male, 53 years old, with cervical myelopathy. Image quality is slightly degraded by motion artifact. Within this limitation the following observations are made.Spinal alignment is anatomic. Vertebral body height and morphology are within normal limits. No marrow replacement or marrow edema is suspected.The visualized spinal cord demonstrates normal signal intensity and morphology. No epidural abnormalities are suspected.C2-3: Facet hypertrophy. No significant spinal canal stenosis. Mild left foraminal narrowing. C3-4: Intimal posterior disc-osteophyte complex formation. No significant spinal canal stenosis. Moderate left foraminal narrowing. C4-5: Unremarkable. C5-6: Left greater than right facet hypertrophy. No significant spinal canal stenosis. Mild left foraminal narrowing. C6-7: Left greater than right facet hypertrophy. Posterior disc-osteophyte complex formation with a left paracentral extrusion which just barely contacts the cord but causes no significant cord deformation. Mild generalized spinal canal narrowing. Mild bilateral foraminal narrowing. C7-T1: Unremarkable.
Relatively mild degenerative disease is seen in the cervical spine. No areas of high-grade spinal canal stenosis are detected. There is a left paracentral disc extrusion at C6-7 which may barely contact the cord but causes no significant cord deformation. Moderate foraminal narrowing is seen on the left at C3-4.