76-year-old male with history of cervical spine surgery 4/2013 for schwannoma resection. Postoperative findings related to laminectomies and placement of posterior stabilization rods and pedicular screws are seen at C6 through T1. The cervical vertebral bodies are appropriate in overall alignment and height. The cervical spinal cord is dorsally tented, likely related to intrathecal adhesions from surgery. The cord otherwise has has normal signal characteristics and overall morphology. Susceptibility artifact limits evaluation; however, no obvious mass is seen in the spinal canal or neural foramina.Moderate degenerative changes affect the cervical spine. Disk-osteophyte complexes projecting from each level from C2-3 to C6-7 as well as ligamentum flavum hypertrophy result in mild spinal canal stenosis at C3-4, C4-5, and to a lesser degree at C5-6. There is also mild to moderate neural foraminal stenosis at these levels bilaterally. The vertebral artery flow voids appear to be intact.
1.Susceptibility artifact from hardware and absence of prior studies limits evaluation, however, no gross evidence of tumor recurrence.2.Post-operative and degenerative changes, as above.