 Alignment is anatomic. There are no fractures or subluxations. The marrow signal is benign. The cervical and upper thoracic cord are normal in signal. The cervicomedullary junction is normal. The cerebellar tonsils are in normal position. There is diffuse T2 hyperintensity noted within the paraspinal musculature (best demonstrated with STIR technique).C2/3: Posterior osteophyte disc complex, mild right uncinate hypertrophy, and ligamentum flavum thickening. There are no significant stenoses.C3/4: Posterior osteophyte disc complex, right uncinate hypertrophy, and ligamentum flavum thickening. There is mild central and moderate right neural foraminal stenosis.C4/5: Posterior osteophyte disc complex, bilateral uncinate hypertrophy, and ligamentum of flavum thickening. There is moderate left neural foraminal and mild right neural foraminal stenosis.C5/6: Posterior osteophyte disc complex, bilateral uncinate hypertrophy, and ligamentum flavum thickening. There is moderate to severe bilateral neural foraminal stenosis.C6/7: Posterior osteophyte disc complex, right uncinate hypertrophy, and ligamentum flavum thickening. There is mild right neural foraminal stenosis.C7/T1: Mild posterior osteophyte disc complex without stenosis.
1.There is diffuse T2 hyperintensity noted within the paraspinal musculature (best demonstrated with STIR technique) which is most suggestive of a diffuse myositis.2.C3/4: Mild central and moderate right neural foraminal stenosis.3.C4/5: Moderate left neural foraminal and mild right neural foraminal stenosis.4.C5/6: Moderate to severe bilateral neural foraminal stenosis.5.C6/7: Mild right neural foraminal stenosis.