73-year-old man with left lower extremity radiculopathy. There is mild degenerative disc disease at L3-4 with sclerosis of the superior half of the L4 vertebral body which may be discogenic or may reflect a chronic fracture, but this correlates with similar findings seen on prior MRI and CT studies. Ossification along the upper lumbar and lower thoracic spine anteriorly may reflect diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis. Alignment is within normal limits. We see no spondylolysis or spondylolisthesis. There is atherosclerotic calcification of the abdominal aorta and common iliac arteries. Surgical clips in the right upper quadrant likely reflect prior cholecystectomy.
Mild degenerative disc disease and other findings as above.