Can someone please let me know if my MRI report justifies the Chronic Back pain I am having....
MRI THORACIC SPINE WITHOUT CONTRAST
Technical data: Sagittal T1, sagittal T2, Sagittal STIR, axial T1, and axial T2
FINDINGS: The vertebral body heights are maintained. No compression deformity is visualized. There is no evidence of bone marrow infiltrating lesion No edema is visualized on the inversion recovery weighted images. There is a small Schmoral node involving the inferior endplate of T7.
There is focal kyphosis of the thoracic spine centered at T7-8. At this level, there is a central disc protrusion/disc osteophyte complex measuring approximately 4mm in AP dimension. This causes moderate spinal stenosis
with the AP dimension of the spinal canal measuring approximately 5-6 mm. There is no neural foraminal narrowing. The disc does abut the ventral surface of the spinal cord at this level; no abnormal signal intensity of the spinal canal is seen.
At T6-7, there is a small, 2 mm right paracentral disc protrusion. There is no neural foramen narrowing or spinal canal stenosis. The AP dimension of the spinal canal measures approximately 8mm.
At T9-10, there is a 1 mm right paracentral disc protrusion without evidence of spinal stenosis or neural foramen narrowing.
The remainder of the visualized thoracic disc spaces appears unremarkable.
IMPRESSION:
Focal kyphosis at T7-8 with a broad-based central disc protrusion causing moderate spinal stenosis at this level. The focal kyphosis causes a kink in the spinal cord best visualized on the sagittal T2 weighted images. No abnormal signal intensity of the spinal cord is present.