Female 75 years old, pain lower thoracic spine at thoracolumbar junction, evaluate for spinal compression deformity at lower thoracic spine or thoracolumbar junction Evaluation of the upper thoracic spine on the lateral view is limited by overlying soft tissue artifact. There are mild compression deformities of L1 and L2 that are comparable to those seen on an MRI examination on 5/6/2015. There are no new compression fractures identified. Degenerative disc disease affects the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. Facet joint osteoarthritis affects the lower lumbar spine. There is approximately 20 degrees of dextroscoliosis of the lumbar spine from the superior endplate of L1 to the inferior endplate of L4, and approximately 15 degrees of levoscoliosis of the thoracolumbar spine from the superior endplate of T9 to the inferior endplate of L1. There is a slight positive coronal balance. There is a positive sagittal balance measuring 6 to 7 mm.
Mild compression deformities of the upper lumbar vertebrae comparable to those seen on prior MRI. Degenerative disc disease of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine and other findings as described above.