Female, 41 years old, with lumbar radiculopathy. Spinal alignment is anatomic. Vertebral body height and morphology are within normal limits. No edema or marrow replacement is seen. A small focus of STIR hyperintensity within the L1 vertebral body is nonspecific. A focus of fatty signal abnormality within the L4 vertebral body may represent focal fat or hemangioma. The visualized distal spinal cord, conus and nerve roots of the cauda equina are within normal limits. No epidural abnormalities are suspected. The intervertebral discs are preserved with no evidence of bulging or herniation. No significant compromise of the spinal canal or neural foramina is seen. Moderate facet arthropathy is seen at L4-5 and L5-S1.
1.No significant spinal canal or neuroforaminal stenosis is detected.2.No specific findings are seen which would account for the patient's symptoms.