48-year-old female with right leg pain. Evaluate for a right-sided lumbar radiculopathy. The vertebral column alignment is within normal limits. The vertebral body heights are preserved. Mild disc dessication and mild disc bulges are again seen involving the L3-4 and L4-5 levels. Schmorl's nodes are again seen involving the superior endplate of L5 and involving the upper lumbar and lower thoracic spine but these are unchanged. There is no significant neuroforaminal or spinal canal stenosis. The vertebral bone marrow signal is unremarkable. The spinal cord displays normal signal and morphology and terminates at the L2-3 level. The paravertebral soft tissues are unremarkable.
Mild degenerative changes without findings to explain the patient's symptoms.