Male, 65 years old, with neck pain. The cervical lordosis is mildly reversed. There is a grade 1 retrolisthesis of C6 relative to C7.Fusion of the C3 through C5 vertebral bodies is demonstrated. Mild edema, likely degenerative in nature, is seen within the C5, C6 and C7 vertebral bodies.The visualized spinal cord demonstrates normal signal intensity throughout.A 2-mm nonspecific T2 hyperintense focus is seen within the left lateral thyroid gland.C2-3: Mild facet hypertrophy. Small central disk protrusion. No significant spinal canal or neuroforaminal stenosis. C3-4: Obliteration of the disk space with mild bony ridging in the left paracentral zone. No significant spinal canal or neuroforaminal stenosis. C4-5: Obliteration of the disk space with left paracentral/subarticular bony ridging which results in mild flattening of the left ventral cord. No significant generalized spinal canal stenosis. No significant foraminal narrowing. C5-6: Posterior disk osteophyte formation without significant spinal canal or neuroforaminal stenosis. C6-7: Posterior disk osteophyte formation asymmetric to the left. Mild generalized spinal canal stenosis. Mild right neuroforaminal narrowing. C7-T1: Facet hypertrophy and ligamentum flavum thickening. Posterior disk osteophyte formation. Moderate generalized spinal canal stenosis. No significant foraminal narrowing.
1.Fusion of the C3 through C5 vertebral bodies with obliteration of the intervening disk spaces.2.At the C4-5 level, there is a bony ridge arising from the level of the obliterated disk space at the left paracentral/subarticular zone. This ridge mildly impinges upon the left ventral cord.3.A moderate spinal canal stenosis is seen at C7-T1 secondary to disk osteophyte and posterior element hypertrophy.