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cervial disc displacement
by 4ilove, Jun 26, 2008 09:13AM
I was injured in a head on truck/van car accident 8 months ago. After 3 weeks of horrible left arm pain with weakness, numerouse xrays and catscans, I finally had a MRI that showed c6-7 foraminal disc protrusion with severe left foraminal narrowing. I was told by 3 surgeons to have a cervial disectomy with fusion. I resisted hoping the injury could heal it self. Well just had another MRI and there is no impingement, however, there is still a central discp protrusion narrowing the ap diameter to 10 mm. I have horrible left shoulder pain now. The NS said I am no longer a surgery candidate...yeah! and thinks I tore my rotator cuff, so now he wants an mri of my shoulder. Could the shoulder pain be from the disc bulge at 6-7? I also have/had a milder right paracentral disc protrusion at 5-6 narrowing to 9.8 mm. And can anyone tell me what a hemangioma like lesion in the c7 vertebral body extending into the pedicle means? thanks a bunch
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The degree of disc protrusion and the degree of narrowing is not enough to fully explain your pain symptoms and I agree with your doctor that there can be other problems, possibly from the rotator cuff muscles. A hemangioma is an abnormal, benign, blood vessel formation that can occur anywhere in the body, and this should not cause any problems if they are not compressing the spine.
Regards.