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What Does This MRI Report Of Spine Indicate?
40-5.6-175- lower back pain since 92 (birth of child) left knee surgery 1.5 yrs ago, sciatic pain on right side from lower back down to calf, numb tingle and pain in hip right. MRI results today: L4-5 disc desiccation and 4-5 mm right paracentral disc protrution moderaley encroaching on the right lateral recess and mildly impingin on the right L5 nerve root. L5-S1: disc is normal in appearance and there is mild ligamentum flavum hypertrophy and facet arthropathy. paraspinous soft ittues are unremarkable. Ok.... now what should I know. Thanks,
Mon, 29 Sep 2014
you should speak to the doctor who ordered the test. there is a disc herniation which is close to or touching the nerve root at l5 and possibly causing your sciatica
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