 The vertebral column alignment is within normal limits. The vertebral body and disc space heights are preserved. The vertebral bone marrow signal is unremarkable. There is no significant spinal canal stenosis. The imaged spinal cord displays normal signal and morphology with the conus terminating at the upper third of the L2 body. While the filum terminale is not thickened, measuring 2 mm, there is abnormal T1 hyperintensity extending from mid L3 through S1 with associated chemical shift artifact on the T2 weighted sequence indicating fibrofatty infiltration, a finding that can be seen in tethered cord. The paravertebral soft tissues are unremarkable.
Fibrofatty infiltration of an otherwise unremarkable filum terminale. The exam is otherwise normal. 