72 years Female (DOB:9/19/1943)Reason: assess for T11 compression fx History: back painPROVIDER/ATTENDING NAME: MAGDALENA ANITESCU MAGDALENA ANITESCU MRI thoracic spine:The thoracic vertebral bodies are appropriate in the overall alignment and height. The thoracic spinal cord has normal signal characteristics and overall morphology. There is no compromise of thoracic spinal canal or exiting nerve roots. There is a subcutaneous well-circumscribed lesion present behind the T9 spinous process measuring 25 x 16 mm sagittal dimensions. It is predominantly low signal on T1 and intermediate signal on T2 STIR. Most likely this represents a sebaceous cyst. It was also present in the MRI of the lumbar spine from 3/14/2012 and has not changed.There is a small central disc protrusion present at C2-3. There is a small right paramedian disc protrusion at T3-4 there is a right paramedian disc extrusion at T4-5, T5-6 and T6-7 which impress on the ventral aspect of the thecal sac but do not effaces spinal fluid behind the spinal cord.Lumbar spine:Five lumbar type vertebral bodies are presumed to be present which are appropriate in overall alignment and height. The conus medullaris on sagittal imaging is grossly intact.At L5-S1 there is no significant compromise to spinal canal or neural foramina.At L4-5 there is no significant compromise to spinal canal or neural foramina. There is a diffuse disc bulge and some disc desiccation at this level associated with facet and ligamentum flavum hypertrophy. There is some triangulation of the thecal sac. The fat at the lateral recess is not effaced on either left or right side. This has not changed since the prior exam.At L3-4 there is no significant compromise to spinal canal or neural foramina. There is some mild disc desiccation at this level. There is ligamentum flavum hypertrophy at this level. This has not changed since the prior exam.At L2-3 there is no significant compromise to spinal canal or neural foramina. There is a disc bulge present at this level associated with some ligamentum flavum hypertrophy. There is some mild crowding of the nerve roots at this level. This has not changed since the prior exam.At L1-2 there is no significant compromise to spinal canal or neural foramina.
1.There are degenerative changes present in the lumbar spine in the form of facet hypertrophic change but also some disc desiccation and disc bulges without significant compromise to spinal canal or neural foramina. This is stable compared2.There are small disc protrusions and extrusions in the thoracic spine without significant compromise to the spinal canal or neural foramina.