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Dizziness and vertigo with nausea. neck pain and trap muscle spasms. pain and dizziness made worse with tilting head backwards.
MRI results:
C1-2: Sclerotic arthrosis between the anterior arch of C1 and the odontoid without erosive change or canal compromise
C2-3: Negative for disc herniation. No central canal or neural foraminal stenosis.
C3-4: Negative for disc herniation. No central canal or neural foraminal stenosis. Mild disc bulging and endplate spondylosis.
C4-5: No central canal or neural foraminal stenosis. Mild disc bulging and endplate spondylosis with superimposed shallow central disc herniation creating mild ventral thecal sac effacement.
C5-6: Endplate spondylosis. Superimposed on mild disc bulging is a central disc herniation with inferior disc displacement effacing and deforming the thecal sac and abutting the ventral cord. Mild to moderate central spinal stenosis. Moderate bilateral neural foraminal stenosis.
C6-7: Negative for disc herniation. No central canal or neural foraminal stenosis. Mild disc bulging and endplate spondylosis.
C7-T1: Negative for disc herniation. No central canal or neural foraminal stenosis.IMPRESSION:
Spondylosis and disc disease. No mass or cord edema evident.
C5-6: Disc herniation abutting the cord with mild to moderate central canal and moderate neural foraminal stenosis.
C4-5: Disc herniation with thecal sac effacement.You do have degenerative changes of the lower cervical spine which can cause some of your symptoms (“neck pain and trap muscle spasms”). Your findings should not cause the other symptoms (“Dizziness and vertigo with nausea”).
Dr. Corenman
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Donald Corenman, MD, DC is a highly-regarded spine surgeon, considered an expert in the area of neck and back pain. Trained as both a Medical Doctor and Doctor of Chiropractic, Dr. Corenman earned academic appointments as Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and his research on spine surgery and rehabilitation has resulted in the publication of multiple peer-reviewed articles and two books. -
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