Could you review my scans for my neurological signs cause?

Question

Hello doctor,

I have chronic right leg spasticity, migraines, muscle pain, ataxia, nausea, vertigo, and pins and needles in hands and feet. Please, could you review my scans to see what is the cause of my various neurological symptoms? Is it cervical myelopathy or MS?

Answer 1

Hello,

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I have gone through your scans (attachment removed to protect patient identity).

There are cervical disc problems at many levels and mild cervical spondylosis. There is a neural foraminal compromise and nerve root compression in C4-C5, C5-C6 and C6-C7 cervical disc levels which is maximum in C5-C6 cervical disc level. There is no cervical myelopathy. There is no acute abnormality in the MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) brain scan.

Regards.

Answer 2

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There is no cervical cord myelopathy and I am sure of it. There is an indentation of the dura covering the spinal cord, but there is no significant damage to the cord.

Regards.

Answer 3

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Fat and fluid are white or hyperintense on T2. So, the first image shows a hyperintense area in T2 posterior to the vertebrae which are epidural fat and the white area in the disc might be minimal fluid. On STIR (short tau inversion recovery), the white lines are likely to be tiny blood vessels supplying the vertebrae.

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