65 years Male (DOB:2/15/1951)Reason: r/o compression History: low back pain with shooting pain down left legPROVIDER/ATTENDING NAME: HELENE G. RUBEIZ HELENE G. RUBEIZ Five lumbar type vertebral bodies are presumed to be present which are appropriate in overall alignment and height. The conus medullaris on sagittal imaging is grossly intact. No abnormal enhancing lesions are appreciated within the lumbar spinal canal. There is some patchy enhancement between the spinous processes of L4 and L5 and to lesser degree L3 and L4 associated with some T2 signal hyperintensity.At L5-S1 there is no significant compromise to spinal canal or neural foramina. There is a disc bulge present this level associated with disc desiccation.At L4-5 there is no significant compromise to spinal canal or neural foramina.At L3-4 there is no significant compromise to spinal canal or neural foramina.At L2-3 there is no significant compromise to spinal canal or neural foramina.At L1-2 there is no significant compromise to spinal canal or neural foramina.Some of the images are degraded due to patient motionThere is a 15 mm well-circumscribed cystic lesion in the right kidney most likely representing simple cyst.
1.There are some mild degenerative changes present in the lumbar spine without significant compromise to spinal canal or exiting nerve roots.2.Findings raise the question of Baastrup's syndrome in the lower lumbar spine. Please correlate with patient's clinical symptoms3.No abnormal lesions are appreciated within the lumbar spine noted that would explain the patient's polyneuropathy.