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Annular Tear At Midline

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Dr.  Shoaib Khan MD

MRI said central, left paracentral disc herniation at L5/S1 , shallow midline disc protrusion at L3/L4 with annular tear, shallow sics buldg at l2/L3 with posterior annular... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shoaib Khan ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Praveen Tayal MD

facet arthropath. There is a tiny annular tear at the midline withour significant canal stenosis. Impression: L5s1 disc disease with a tiny focal annular tear at the... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen Tayal ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Indu Kumar MD

what does all this mean?? 1- Diffuse posterior annular bulge with posterocentral annular tear at L4 ... protrusion and annular tear at L4-S1 level causing central canal and... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Indu Kumar ( Radiologist)
Dr. Rajinder Bajoria MD

Does an annular tear affect intercourse? Yes. In the missionary position, say he is behind me, and even me on top. All cause a pain that seems to be getting worse ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rajinder Bajoria ( General Surgeon)
Dr.  Praveen Tayal MD

Left posterolateral disk herniation and associated radial tear at L4-5, Midline posterior disk herniation and associated radial tear L5-S1, neural encroachment at L4-5, there is... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen Tayal ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)

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Dr.  Olsi Taka MD

Report says I have L4-5 posterior disc hernia toon indenting the the cal sac in the midline. Also an annular fissure/tear within the protruded portion of the disc. A slight reduction of t2 signal is ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Olsi Taka ( Neurologist)
Dr. Ketan Vagholkar MD

numbness in both legs. MRI shows disc bulge at L3-L4 & L4-L5 levels with small annular tear and ... protrusion with annular tear is seen at L5-S1 level causing indentation and... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ketan Vagholkar ( Gastroenterologist)
Dr. Sudip Mukherjee MD

flattening of ventral thecal sac. no large focal protrusion and a small radial annular tear centrally and ...i have mild diffuse disc osteophyte complex at L1-L2, mildly ecentric to the left with mild ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sudip Mukherjee ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Karl Logan MD

spine results were L-5 S-1 shallow annular bulge with midline annular tear and small herniation slight ... degenerative facet changes at L-3, 4 and 5. Do I need to continue pain... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Karl Logan ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Anisha Parmar MD

Hello Doctor: I got an MRI scan recently and the impression read as below: Diffuse disc bulge with focal annular tear at L4-L5 causing indentation on subarachnoid space. Doctor can you please guide me... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Anisha Parmar ( Ayurveda Specialist)