Quick review of my symptoms (started about 8 weeks ago)
- left sided chest pain
- left arm and leg weakness, numbness and tingling
- dizziness, fatigue and episodes of blacking out on neck extension
- tongue and lip numbness.
I have also had a laminectomy L4/5, L5/S1 in 1993 due to total foot drop.
Had MRI head to rule out MS.
MRI: C & T
Report: There is straightening of the usual uppe cervical lordosis. Alignment of the remaining cevical and thoracic spine is otherwise satisfactory. There is a diffuse loss of the usual marrow signal most likely due to red marrow replacement. It would be useful to assess if there is a history of smoking. (I have never in my life smoked).
There is a mild left foraminal disc protrusion at C4/5 but this is not causing significant foraminal stenosis. There is a mild central disc protrusion at C5/6 not causing significant canal stenosis.
There is a mild right paracental disc protusion at C6/7 not causing significant canal or formaminal stenosis.
Thoracic spine, there is a mild right central disc protusion at T1/2 which is only mildly indenting the thecal sac. There is a mild left paracentral disc protrusion at T6/7 which is mildly indenting the thecal sac and the anterior cord, but there is still adequate CSF space seen posteior to it.
Comment: Mild degenerative changes as described with no definite neural impingement.
MRI LUMBAR SPINE
Findings: There is a reduction in the disc space height at L4/5, L5/S1 and disc dehydration at these levels.
At L4/5 there is a small posterior central and left paracentral disc protrusion with some mild compression on the anterior thecal sac.
At L5/S1, no disc lesion is seen.
Comment: Although there is a small posterior central and left paracentral disc protrusion at L4/5, there is no evidence of compression of the left nerve root in its lateral recess or other evidence of neural element comprimise.
My DR wasnt concerned.