Evaluate for cord compression, patient presenting with bilateral lower extremity, left greater than the right weakness and decreased sensation below umbilicus. The vertebral bodies are appropriate in the overall alignment and height. The spinal cord has normal signal characteristics and overall morphology. There is no compression of the spinal cord. Disc osteophyte complex and mild spinal canal stenosis is noted at the cervical spine level. There is slight loss of height of C5 vertebral body, likely degenerative in nature. Mild narrowing of the spinal canal due to disc abnormalities in the lumbar spine are better evaluated on the MRI of the lumbar spine. Hyperintense focus in the T1 vertebral body is nonspecific but is suggestive of a hemangioma.
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. 2.Multilevel degenerative findings in the cervical and lumbar spine, as above. Please refer to the concomitant dedicated MR of the lumbar spine for additional findings.