Female, 61 years old, with left hemibody numbness. Evaluate for ischemia. Brain:No restricted diffusion is seen. Two or three scattered small foci of parenchymal T2 hyperintensity are nonspecific. No evidence of edema or mass effect is detected. No evidence of intracranial hemorrhage or any abnormal extra-axial fluid collection is seen. The ventricles are normal in size and morphology.Cervical spine:Sagittal alignment of the spine is anatomic. Vertebral body height and morphology are within normal limits. No pathologic marrow replacement or edema is seen.The visualized spinal cord demonstrates normal signal intensity throughout with no evidence of any focal lesion. No epidural abnormalities are suspected.C2-3: Right uncovertebral hypertrophy. No significant spinal canal or foraminal stenosis. C3-4: Uncovertebral hypertrophy. No significant spinal canal stenosis. Mild right foraminal narrowing. C4-5: No significant spinal canal or foraminal stenosis. C5-6: Posterior disc-osteophyte complex formation with a small central disc protrusion which mildly contacts the ventral cord but causes no significant generalized canal stenosis. Moderate left foraminal narrowing. C6-7: No spinal canal stenosis or neuroforaminal narrowing. C7-T1: No spinal canal stenosis or neuroforaminal narrowing.
1.Relatively mild degenerative findings, most notable at C5-6 where there is a central disc protrusion which does contact the ventral spinal cord but which causes no significant generalized canal stenosis.2.No acute osseous abnormalities are suspected. No focal spinal cord lesions are seen.