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Hello can some one please help me under stand this report.

POST GADOLINIUM SEQUENCES DEMONSTRATES MINIMAL EPIDURAL ENHANCEMENT INVOLVING THE L4-5 NEURAL FORAMEN ON THE RIGHT WITH THE APPEARANCE CONSISTENT OF GRANULATION TISSUE. NO ENHANCEMENT IS SEEN ON THE LEFT. MINIMAL EPIDURAL ENHANCEMENT INVOLVING THE BILATERAL NEURAL FORAMINA AT L5-S1 IS IDENTIFIED. THIS IS ONLY HOWEVER SEEN ON THE SAGITTAL IMAGES AS THERE IS EXTENSIVE SIGNAL DROP OUT DUE TO METALLIC HARDWARE N THE AXIAL SEQUENCES. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF EPIDURAL MASS TO SUGGEST RECURRENT DISC HERNIATION ON THE PRE GADOLINIUM T2 WEIGHTED SEQUENCES.








IMPRESSION : MINIMAL EPIDURAL ENHANCEMENT ALONG THE EXITING NERVE ROOTS ON THE RIGHT AT THE L4-L5 AND BILATERALLY AT L5-S1. NO DEFINITE EVIDENCE OF RECURRENT DISC HERNIATION AT THESE LEVELS. MINIMAL CIRCUMFERENTIAL DISC BULGE AT L3-L4 WITHOUT FORMINAL OR SPINAL CANAL STENOSIS.


I HAD A 2 LEVEL FUSION IN 2008 AND I'M CURRENTLY IN TONS OF PAIN , HAD THIS MRI DONE 2 WEEKS AGO FOLLOWED BY AN EPIDURAL WITH NO RELIEF. GOING TO SEE MY ORTHO DOCTOR NEXT WEEK , HAVE PAIN AND NUrabNESS IN RIGHT FOOT AND CALF.. I APPRECIATE ANY ADVICE I CAN GET , I DON'T SEE ANY THING THAT ALARMING IN THE MRI REPORT BUT THE PAIN IS BAD.. :confused:
 
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