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What Does This Result Of Spine Indicate?
Please tell me what my MRI Report means. This MRI was in comparison with one I had a year earlier. Was in MVA and need answers deperately.
* Modest degenerative changes in upper cervical spine
* Modest degenerative changes in the lower lumbar spine, unchanged
* C3-4 moderate posterlateral herniation
* C3-4 leftward asymmetric unconvertebral Joint Hypertrophy on left side mildly narrows neural foramen
* L3-4 circumferential disc bulge, mild facet and ligamentum flavum hypertrohpy
* L4-5 circumferential disc bulge, moderate facet and ligamentum flavum hypertrohpy, minimal narrowing of right foramen (L4-5 moderately advanced facet arthropathy)
* L5-S1 central disc herniation, mild advanced facet and ligamentum flavum hypertrohpy
* straightening of cervical spine lordosis with thoracic deroscliosis
* Modest degenerative changes in upper cervical spine
* Modest degenerative changes in the lower lumbar spine, unchanged
* C3-4 moderate posterlateral herniation
* C3-4 leftward asymmetric unconvertebral Joint Hypertrophy on left side mildly narrows neural foramen
* L3-4 circumferential disc bulge, mild facet and ligamentum flavum hypertrohpy
* L4-5 circumferential disc bulge, moderate facet and ligamentum flavum hypertrohpy, minimal narrowing of right foramen (L4-5 moderately advanced facet arthropathy)
* L5-S1 central disc herniation, mild advanced facet and ligamentum flavum hypertrohpy
* straightening of cervical spine lordosis with thoracic deroscliosis
Wed, 24 Sep 2014
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