Is It Normal To Have Bone Marrow Edema After A Spinal Fusion?
Hi i am a 28 year old male who was injured in the army..
I have had a spinal fusion and had an mri done on 12/4/08.
can anyone tell me if this is bad or not here are my changes
There is a moderate amount of bone marrow edema like signal and enhancement involving the inferior endplate of l4 and suprior endplate at l5
t11-12 there is a tiny right paracentral disc protrusion causing mild effacemnt of the thecal sac antiroly but not causing significant spinal canal stenosis. no forminal narrowing seen
l3-4 there is a small diffuse disc osteophyte complex causing mild bilateral formainal narrowing but not causing significant spinal canal stenosis. there is mild facet arthropathy.
l4-5 there is encancing epidural scar in the paracentral regions bilaterally but no recurrent disc herniation, spinal stenosis or formainal narrowing seen. no paraspinal fluid collections are identifee
l5-s1 mild facet arthropathy
incidental lipoma of the filum terminale
Fri, 19 Sep 2014
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Is It Normal To Have Bone Marrow Edema After A Spinal Fusion?