What Does This MRI Report Indicate?

Posted on Thu, 14 Sep 2017

Question: I just returned from visiting my sister-in-law who is confined to a wheel chair as she has been told that a nerve is pressing on her spine...she can stand with help but apparently unable to walk...the findings are as follows:-
persistent loss of normal lordosis with straightening and focal kyphotic angulation centered at the T11 through L1 level..Conus is at the inferior endplate of T12...Large anterior syndesmophyte formation is seen from T10 through T12 where at T11-12 disc bulge is seen.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Praveen Tayal (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Surgery can help.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query.
The findings of MRI scan are suggestive of degenerative changes in disc and nerve root compression that is causing the symptoms.
If the changes are recent ones then a surgical decompression of the nerve root can help. Consulting a neurosurgeon for surgical treatment is recommended.
I hope this answers your query.
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Wishing you good health.
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Dr. Praveen Tayal.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar