Female, 59 years old, with back pain. Evaluate for cord compression. No evidence of cord compression is seen. Spinal cord signal intensity is within normal limits throughout. Posterior disc-osteophyte complex formation is demonstrated at several levels in the cervical region without high-grade spinal canal stenosis. Disc and posterior element degeneration is also evident in the lumbar spine where there are areas of mild-to-moderate spinal canal and foraminal narrowing. Spinal alignment in the sagittal plane is grossly anatomic and vertebral body heights are preserved. Osseous fusion is evident along the anterior vertebral bodies through much of the thoracic and upper lumbar regions.
1.No evidence of cord compression.2.Degenerative findings are noted in the cervical and lumbar spine which can be better assessed with dedicated nonemergent imaging if clinically warranted.3.Note is made of vertebral body ossification involving the majority of the thoracic and upper lumbar regions. The differential would include diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and perhaps less likely ankylosing spondylitis.