[Archive] MRI RESULT ?? WHAT's IT MEAN? Back Problems ... l4-5 mild degenerative disc height loss with disc desiccation and mild annular bulge. additionaly,tiny central disc protrusion,without nerve root impengment.there is and excessive amount of epidural fat beginning at the lower l4 level and continuing to the s1 level.
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My discogram came back with a radial tear at L4-5 and a diffuse annular tear at L5-S1. My first question is, what is annular and radial mean? I have read in other postings, that the Discogram is suposse to re-create the pain. ... Nucleoplasty is supposed to be better for bulging discs. A diskectomy usually has a good...
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herniated c4-5 5-6 6-7 (15 replies): ... thank you for all your advise...yes i am a desk worker but i always make sure of my posture....lower back touching the seat and not tilting forward...and i am not overweight i am 67 kgs at a height of 5'8".....
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His MRI said: "shows mild instrinsic degenerative change and mild annular bulging at L4/5. Small superimposed right paracentral disc herniation with a rather broad -base creating minimal extradural impression upon the ventral aspect of the thecal sac.
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Synovial cyst at l5-s1 l3-4and l4-5 bulges? Annular bulge with foraminal disc hernation? What is diffuse posterior and right foraminal bulge? What does a focal left foraminal disc bulge with facet joint arthritis at the L4-5 mean?
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Dr. Jones ordered a lumbar MRI on March 28, 2001, and it was read as showing a disc protrusion with possible impingement at L5-S1, and annular bulging at L4-5 without evidence of nerve root compression. Physical therapy and epidural injections were prescribed.
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A MRI performed on November 4, 1997, showed annular bulging at L3-4 and L4-5 with no significant compressive disease, a slight central posterior bulge at L5-S1 with large patent neuroforamina, no hypertrophic changes involving facets, and no disc space narrowing.
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12, 14-19). Subsequently, Dr. Brett changed his opinion, stating instead that claimant had sustained a "marked symptomatic aggravation of the 1989 work injury" and "possibly" some pathologic worsening with further annular bulging at L4-5. (Ex.
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60). He referred to a previous lumbar CT scan from December 1993, which showed "some calcification in an annular area of injury on the left at L5-S1, with some superimposed disc herniation and lateral recess compromise on the left at L5-S1 as well as diffuse annular bulging at L4-5." (Ex.
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The mri shows dfuse disc bulge with left neural foramina narrowing and an annular tear at this level :5 to S1 I a;sp at L4 to L5 diffse disc bulge with ligamantum flavum hypertrophy. Increased signaal on stir weighted seq. ... Lower back pain with bulging...
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