Monday, November 23, 2009

A lession i learned....

Today came across a very strange MRI. Well i can not say that first in my career but i was almost taken aback by the finding. There was a patent operated for L4-L5 disc herniation about 5 years ago. Since a month she started having leg pain. When i took the xray , the xray was showing disc degeneration at L4-5. Patient was operated with Laminectomy before 5 years. Now, i was suspecting a foraminal stenosis as clinically the picture was L4 and L5 root radiculopathy. But when i took MRI, there was a massive disc at L3-4 on saggital view in both T1 and T2 images. But, when i looked at the axial cuts, i could not identify the disc. When i spoke with my radiologist , he said that because there is complete block , and the print is not as good as the Monitor contrast, i was not able to see it on print images.
So , in other words, there was a massive central and right paracentral disc herniation, to an extent that has completely drained CSF out at that level and there was significant root crowding. A potential patient to develop cauda equina syndrome. i shall put the images soon.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I too learned a lesson from your post. Good blogging here. Do continue and so stay in touch.

Regards,
lumbar herniated disc surgery

Dr. Niraj Bhupendra Vasavada said...

Hi Margaret ..i am sorry for a very late reciprocation to your comment. Thanks for appreciating. I will try my best to post further.

stay connected.

regards

niraj