 The exam is mildly limited due to technically degraded STIR sequence. The last well formed disk space is referred to as L5-S1. There is mild straightening of the lumbar spine. Vertebral body heights are preserved. There is normal T2 signal in the disks with preserved disk heights. The osseous marrow signal is benign. The conus terminates at T12-L1 and is within normal limits. There is a tiny fatty filum measuring less than 2 mm in thickness.T12-L1: No disk herniation or spinal stenosis.L1-2: No disk herniation or spinal stenosis.L2-3: No disk herniation or spinal stenosis.L3-4: Minimal disk bulge and ligamenta flava thickening with no significant spinal stenosis.L4-5: Minimal disk bulge and facet arthropathy with no spinal stenosis.L5-S1: No disk herniation or spinal stenosis.
Essentially unremarkable exam except for incidental fatty filum, which can be seen with tethered cord - please correlate clinically.