Female, 41 years old, with neck pain and radicular symptoms with arm numbness. Mild straightening of the cervical lordosis is seen. Vertebral body alignment is otherwise unremarkable.Vertebral body morphology is within normal limits. No worrisome marrow replacement or evidence of marrow edema is seen.The visualized spinal cord shows normal signal intensity and morphology throughout.C2-3: Mild left facet hypertrophy. No significant spinal canal stenosis or neuroforaminal narrowing. C3-4: Mild facet hypertrophy. Minimal posterior disc-osteophyte complex formation with a right paracentral protrusion which barely if at all contacts the ventral surface of the cord. No significant spinal canal or neuroforaminal stenosis. C4-5: Mild facet hypertrophy. Posterior disc-osteophyte complex formation asymmetric to the right. Mild effacement of the right ventral thecal sac, but no significant generalized spinal canal stenosis. No significant neuroforaminal narrowing. C5-6: Mild facet hypertrophy. Posterior disc-osteophyte complex resulting in effacement of the ventral thecal sac and a mild generalized spinal canal stenosis but no cord impingement. No significant neuroforaminal narrowing. C6-7: Mild facet hypertrophy. No significant spinal canal or neuroforaminal stenosis. C7-T1: Mild facet hypertrophy. Minimal posterior disc-osteophyte complex formation. No significant spinal canal stenosis. Mild to moderate left foraminal narrowing. The paraspinal soft tissues are unremarkable. A subcentimeter T2 hyperintense lesion is evident within the subcutaneous tissues of the upper back.
Mild degenerative findings are seen without significant spinal canal stenosis or neuroforaminal narrowing. No other specific findings are seen to account for the patient's symptoms.