You have protrusion of the disc between thoracic six and seventh vertebrae. This protrusion has created indentation on the sac of dura matter on the anterolateral region of the spinal cord. This can compress your spinal cord.
If you are symptomatic then you may require surgery. Your spine specialist is the best judge.
what is 1 mild bilateral foraminal stenosis 2 Clinical correlation 3 moderate to severe bilateral
c5-c6 is the location of the disks in question. central means the 'middle' and protrusion means that there is some 'bulging'. effacement means 'showing' or 'opening' and anterior means the 'front'. posteriormeans the 'back'. this doesn't give you a diagnosis or complete answer to your question because the MD that ordered your mri should be the one answering your questions. hopefully, however, you have been given a little more knowlege of the 'lingo' to make your conversation with him/her a little less daunting and a little clearer. good luck and give your MD a call!
At C2-3, a broad-based disk bulge. Spinal canal and formina are patent
My husband just got his mri report, at c2-c3 minimal left foraminal, c3-c4-3mm posterior central protrusion,c4-c5-posterior annular bulging, c5-c6prominent posterior bulge/broad based protrusion causing right goraminal stenosis, c6-c7 small posterior protrusion.. He has sever pain in his left arm...what should we do..
You have injured a disc in your back ( little shock absorbers between your vertebrae ), and it is bulging out at the site of the injury. Take care or it may become herneated or rurtured.
There are a lot of folks walking around with a c-spine herniated nucleus pulposis (HNP) and don't know it until for some reason an MRI is ordered...!! What would tell me to refer you to my boss (a neurosurgeon) would be an MRI that demosntrated moderate-severe compression of the spinal cord, that you have symptoms of upper extremety wasting/weakness of the muscles, inability to work with your arms above your head for any length of time AND abnormal nerve conduction studies (NCV's & EMG's) of the upper extremeties. A neurologist often could be the referring physician as well... The key is an advanced degree of spinal cord compression AND those symptoms I mentioned above... A neurosurgeon is the final authority as to whether you need surgery --or not...
Extremist is extreme, moderate is moderate.
You use moderate to describe people or groups who have moderate political opinions or policies.
your disc between your lowest lumbar vertebra and your sacrum is inflamed and swelling out of where it belongs. it's a lot better than a protrusion or herniation so you're not in too bad of shape. use ice, ibuprofen, and take it easy.
The Abbrevition for Moderate is Mo
he was a moderate