Joined: 10 Mar 2006 Posts: 2 Location: Baltimore MD.
32 year old male with nerve disorders in both arms Posted: 03-10-06 16:20pm
Hello all,
this is my 1st post so let me start by
saying hi. I am a 32 year old male with
nerve disorders in both arms that I have
had numerous surgeries on. Right now I
have lumbar back pain and numbness that
goes down too my toes. My doctor sent me
to get a nerve test and and there were
findings that needed a follow up mri. I
got the results back and my doctor went
out of town so I am sitting here with
these results and going out of my mind.
Maybe 1 of you could read this and give me
your opinion please and tyvm.
Indications: biiateial radicuiopathy with
numbness.
Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar
spine was performed with multiple
sequences through the lumbar spine in
multiple planes.
There are moderate hypertrophic degent
ratlvo changes of the facet joints
throughout the lumbar spine. The
vertebral bodies are normal, there is
straightening of lordosis. There is no
spondyiolisthesrs. Intervertebral disc
heights are well maintained. There is no
paraspinal mass. The ecirus medullaris as
normal.
At 7.4-5 a minimal broad anular
i%u2019alge flattens the ventral thecal
sac but avoids nerves. It causes rio
forairinal cr spinal canal stenosis,
at l5-%u2019sl a minimal to small broad
anular bugc. .As more promrnent towards
the left it abuts the exiting rignt ls
nerve. The left l5 nerve exits
uncompromised. The bulge does not
displace or cause right l5 nerve
impingement. There is no significant
foraminal or spinal canal atenosis at this
level or elsewhere in the lumbar spine.
Impress ion
1. Moderate faiet joint arterosis in the
lumbar spine.
2. Straightening of lordosis may be
secondary to muscle spasm dr back pain.
3. Anular buuie at bc-si abuts but does
not u1s?Lace right l5 nerve.
4. No evidence of left-side nerve foot
compromise.
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melran
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Mar 2006 Posts: 2 Location: Baltimore MD.
Posted: 03-10-06 18:19pm
Whoa I just re-read my post and I dont
know why the spelling got all messed up in
the copy and paste so here goes again and
I am so sorry!!
Indications: bilateral radiculopathy with
numbness.
Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar
spine was performed with multiple
sequences through the lumbar spine in
multiple planes.
There are moderate hypertrophic
degenerative changes of the facet joints
throughout the lumbar spine. The
vertebral bodies are normal. There is
straightening of lordosis. There is no
spondylolisthesis. Intervertebral disc
heights are will maintained. There is no
paraspinal mass. The conus medullaris is
normal.
At l4-5 a minimal broad anular bulge is
more prominent towards the left. It
abuts the exiting right l5 nerve. The
left l5 nerve exits uncompromised. The
bulge does not displace or cause right l5
nerve impingement. There is no
significant foraminal or spinal canal
stenosis at this level or elsewhere in the
lumbar spine.
Impression
1. Moderate facet joint arthrosis in the
lumbar spine.
2. Straightening of lordosis may be
secondary to muscle spasm or back pain.
3. Anular bulge at l5-s1 abuts but does
not displace right l5 nerve.
4. No evidence of left-side nerve root
compromise.
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disabledcoastie
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 68 Location: West Virginia
Posted: 03-25-06 19:16pm
Melran,
sorry noone has resonded as of yet. I
haven't been on in a while and will try to
help you some, but by now you may have
already seen your doc. Anyway your mri
shows some degeneration of the back, 50%
of the population has it, and only about
10% show any symptoms of it. The disc
bulges you have could be causing the
radiculopathy, but it isn't conclusive.
The mri doesn't have any smoking guns that
we could point at and say this is the
problem. Hopefully your doc will have
some advice for you. A good reference
for you to use is www.Spineuniverse.Com
lots of free information there.
