Male, 25 years old, with bilateral lower extremity paresthesias. Alignment is anatomic. Vertebral body morphology is within normal limits with mild transitional anatomy of the L5 vertebral body. No evidence of pathologic marrow replacement, edema or enhancement is seen.The visualized distal spinal cord, conus and nerve roots of the cauda equina are unremarkable. No pathologic spinal cord or leptomeningeal enhancement is seen. No epidural abnormalities are suspected.L1-2: Unremarkable. L2-3: Unremarkable. L3-4: Facet arthropathy. Loss of disc T2 signal and minimal loss of disc height. Mild disc bulging with a small superimposed central disc protrusion. No significant spinal canal stenosis. Mild right foraminal narrowing. L4-5: Facet arthropathy. Loss of disc T2 signal and minimal loss of disc height. Disc bulging with central annular fissuring. No significant spinal canal stenosis. No significant foraminal narrowing. L5-S1: Facet arthropathy. No significant spinal canal stenosis. No significant foraminal narrowing.
Mild disc degeneration at L3-4 and L4-5 with no significant spinal canal stenosis and only mild foraminal narrowing as above.