Female, 53 years old, with neck pain status post MVA. The cervical lordosis is straightened which may reflect positioning. Sagittal alignment is otherwise unremarkable. Vertebral body morphology and signal characteristics are within normal limits. The spinal cord is normal in caliber and signal. No epidural abnormalities are suspected. The paraspinal soft tissues and ligaments all appear intact.The spinal canal is congenitally narrow with additional level specific findings as follows.C2-3: Unremarkable. C3-4: Mild right uncovertebral hypertrophy. No significant spinal canal or foraminal stenosis. C4-5: Mild right uncovertebral hypertrophy. Mild right foraminal narrowing. No significant spinal canal stenosis. C5-6: Mild posterior disc-osteophyte complex formation. Mild to moderate spinal canal narrowing. Mild bilateral foraminal narrowing.C6-7: Mild posterior disc-osteophyte complex formation. Mild to moderate spinal canal narrowing. Mild bilateral foraminal narrowing. C7-T1: Unremarkable.
1.Relatively mild disc degeneration which, in correlation with a congenitally narrow spinal canal, results in spinal canal stenosis at C5-6 and C6-7.2.No evidence of any acute or posttraumatic spinal abnormality is seen.