Female, 43 years old, with cervical radiculopathy. Reversal of the normal cervical lordosis is seen. Sagittal alignment is otherwise unremarkable.Vertebral body height and morphology are within normal limits. No concerning marrow replacement or marrow edema is seen.Visualized spinal cord demonstrates normal signal characteristics throughout. No epidural abnormalities are suspected.The discs demonstrate mild loss of T2 signal, and in addition, there is loss of disc height at C5-6 and C6-7. Additional level specific findings are as follows:C2-3: No spinal canal stenosis or neuroforaminal narrowing. C3-4: Left facet hypertrophy. No significant spinal canal stenosis. Mild left foraminal narrowing. C4-5: Left facet hypertrophy. No significant spinal canal or foraminal stenosis. C5-6: Bilateral facet hypertrophy. Posterior disc-osteophyte complex formation with uncovertebral hypertrophy, asymmetric to the right foraminal zone. The central portion of the disc osteophyte complex contacts the ventral cord, but there is no significant generalized canal stenosis. Moderate right and mild left foraminal narrowing. C6-7: Left facet hypertrophy. Posterior disc-osteophyte complex formation, asymmetric to the right foraminal zone. No significant generalized spinal canal stenosis. Moderate right and mild left foraminal narrowing.C7-T1: Small central disc extrusion. No significant spinal canal or foraminal stenosis.
Posterior disc-osteophyte complex formation is seen at multiple levels, but most notably at C5-6 and C6-7, where there is asymmetric disc osteophyte formation towards the right foraminal zones. This results in moderate right foraminal narrowing at these levels. In addition, the disc osteophyte complex at C5-6 mildly contacts the ventral spinal cord, though there is no cord compression, cord edema or significant spinal canal stenosis.