Clinical question: Evaluate for nerve impingement/radiculopathySigns and Symptoms: Patient with LUE limited ROM, shooting pains from nape of neck down into arm The cervical vertebral bodies are appropriate in overall alignment and height. The cervical spinal cord has normal signal characteristics and overall morphology. There is mild reversal of the normal cervical curvature present. There is mild loss of disc space height and disc desiccation at C3-4 and C4-5.At C2-3 there is no significant compromise to the spinal canal or neural foramina.At C3-4 there is no significant compromise to the spinal canal or neural foramina.At C4-5 there is no significant compromise to the spinal canal or neural foramina.At C5-6 there is no significant compromise to the spinal canal or neural foramina.At C6-7 there is no significant compromise to the spinal canal or neural foramina.At C7-T1 there is no significant compromise to the spinal canal or neural foramina.The vertebral artery flow voids appear to be intact.
1.There is no compromise of cervical spinal canal or exiting nerve roots. There are minor degenerative disc changes present.2.Mild reversal of normal cervical curvature is nonspecific. It could relate to muscle spasm or patient positioning in the magnet.