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Left Shoulder Pain with tingling down left arm into my fingers.

This is mostly when exerting any physical activity and randomly when sitting.  I have had x-rays and MRIs of my shoulder with no visual issues.  I did have a neck MRI and was wondering if someone can maybe take a peek and put it into layman's terms.  Both doctor's talk way over my head and the type of surgery they suggest sound very invasive to me.
Study Result

Impression


IMPRESSION:

Multilevel cervical spondyloarthropathy, most notably involving C5-C6 with associated myelomalacia.

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Narrative


COMPARISON: None. Plain film correlation,3/18/2016

RELEVANT CLINICAL HISTORY: ">1 year h/o neck pain and LUE pain and paresthesias with several injuries"

MRI C SPINE WO CONT

TECHNIQUE: Multisequence multiplanar images of the cervical spine were acquired.

OSSEOUS FINDINGS:

Alignment: Straightening of the cervical lordotic curvature centered at C5-6.

Fractures:Negative

Bone marrow: Normal.

Spinal cord:
1. Flattening and T2 hyperintense signal of the cord at the C5-6 level and hyperintense T2 signal of the cord at the C6 level (6:2) favoring myelomalacia.
2. Linear T2 hyperintense signal at the C2 level (7:2) without volume loss measuring 0.8 mm representing a developmental variant.

The following segmental analysis is as outlined below:

C2/C3: No central or neuroforaminal stenosis.

C3/C4: Broad-based disc osteophyte complex causes moderate effacement of the anterior CSF space. Mild RIGHT neuroforaminal stenosis. No LEFT neuroforaminal stenosis.

C4/C5: Broad-based disc osteophyte complex causes moderate to severe effacement of the anterior CSF space. Mild RIGHT neuroforaminal stenosis. Moderate LEFT neuroforaminal stenosis.

C5/C6: Broad-based disc osteophyte complex with an eccentric RIGHT-sided predominance causes severe effacement of the anterior CSF space. Mild flattening of the cord. Severe LEFT neuroforaminal stenosis. Moderate to severe RIGHT neuroforaminal stenosis.

C6/C7: Small RIGHT central disc osteophyte complex causes moderate to severe effacement of the anterior CSF space. No neuroforaminal stenosis.

C7/T1: No central or neuroforaminal stenosis.

SOFT TISSUE FINDINGS:

Minimal extension of the cerebellar tonsils below the foramen magnum (2 mm) which does not meet the criteria for a Chiari one malformation.
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