It appears you have not yet Signed Up with our community. To Sign Up for free, please click here....

Back Problems Message Board
 HealthBoards > Bone-Joint-Muscle > Back Problems > MRI results! Please help.
Post New Thread   Closed Thread
Subscribe To Back Problems  
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 08-23-2004, 02:44 PM   #1
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 21
cjleblanc HB User
Why am I hurting?
Can someone please help with my MRI results. I will not hear from my Dr. until the 26th. Thanks.


COMPARISONS: Plain films reveal a transitional vertebra pattern; I am terming
it a partially lumbarized S1 with spina bifida occulta. I would need a chest
x-ray or thoracic spine x-ray to differentiate between hypoplastic twelfth
ribs or L1.

TECHNIQUE: MRI exam of the lumbar spine was performed on a Signa 1.5 tesla
magnet including sagittal and axial T1 weighted spin echo and T2 weighted
FSE. The axial T1 weighted images were obtained parallel to the
intervertebral disks. The axial T2 weighted images were obtained in a stacked
fashion from L3 through L5-S1.

FINDINGS: The sagittal images reveal a normal appearance to the distal
thoracic cord and conus. No significant intramedullary vertebral
abnormality is demonstrated. There is a small Schmorls node
posteroinferiorly of what I am terming L1. No significant disk pathology is
evident on the sagittal images.

The axial images are unremarkable, with no evidence of significant disk
pathology or other impact upon the spinal canal or its contents.

Generally, no hard copy films of MRIs/CTs are generated. All images are
digitally archived and can be reproduced on hard copy films within 24 hours
upon request if needed.

jad/dictated 19 Aug 04
Last edited by cjleblanc; 08-24-2004 at 02:18 PM.

 
Old 08-24-2004, 08:04 AM   #2
Inactive
(female)
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,149
injured betty HB User
Re: MRI results! Please help.
Take all of the big words that you don't understand and cut and paste them into a search engine.

I would start with:

partially lumbarized S1 with spina bifida occulta

There is a small Schmorls node
posteroinferiorly of what I am terming L1.

This should put you on the right path to definitions.

good luck

 
Sponsors Lightbulb
    
Old 08-24-2004, 01:43 PM   #3
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 21
cjleblanc HB User
Unhappy Re: MRI results! Please help.

The nurse called today to tell me the Dr. said everything is normal with my MRI. Now what? My back and neck still hurt. Any advice?
Last edited by cjleblanc; 08-24-2004 at 01:44 PM.

 
Old 08-24-2004, 03:22 PM   #4
Veteran
(female)
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Austin, Texas
Posts: 467
TexasWildRose04 HB User
Re: MRI results! Please help.
Quote:
Originally Posted by cjleblanc

The nurse called today to tell me the Dr. said everything is normal with my MRI. Now what? My back and neck still hurt. Any advice?

I am dealing with the same kind of situation... My Neurologist said that my MRI was normal.. but the MRI report says other wise.. says I have a hernia of 3mm touching my S1 nerve...not actually compressing it.. but touching it... enough to cause irritation and pain..... and I am definately in excruciating pain... So I am getting another opinion... have an appointment tomorrow....also went by the Neuro's office and got my MRI Films to take with me... I would suggest you get a second opinion a well... something has to be causing your pain... and everything does not always show up on an MRI... Good luck... Hope you find out the problem and can be pain free soon... let us know what happens.

April

 
Closed Thread




« Myelogram headache | spinal cord stimulator questions »
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off



Join Our Newsletter

Stay healthy through tips curated by our health experts.

Whoops,

There was a problem adding your email Try again

Thank You

Your email has been added




Top 10 Drugs Discussed on this Board.
(Go to DrugTalk.com for complete list)
Ibuprofen
Lyrica
Morphine
Neurontin
Oxycontin
  Percocet
Soma Tylenol
Valium
Vicodin




TOP THANKED CONTRIBUTORS



teteri66 (927), SweetPeainSF (78), maltluver (71), pebblebeach3 (63), gmak (58), cheryl1213 (52), Moldova (48), ibake&pray (41), twohands (36), workinmom572 (31)

Site Wide Totals

teteri66 (966), janewhite1 (822), MSJayhawk (755), Apollo123 (721), sammy64 (656), Titchou (630), Gabriel (618), BlueSkies14 (610), midwest1 (584), SpineAZ (520)



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 04:10 AM.

Home - About Us - Archive - Search - Privacy - Disclaimer - FAQ - Tags - Site Map - Advertise With Us - Contact Us - Top


Site owned and operated by HealthBoards.com™
Copyright and Terms of Use © 1998-2013 HealthBoards.com™ All rights reserved.
Do not copy or redistribute in any form!