Post by clevelandgal on Apr 17, 2015 17:17:44 GMT -6
I started going to doctors 2 months ago with pain in the middle of my back. After lots and lots of testing I finally had an xray and mri a few weeks and the results are below. I have been reading up on both nerve sheath tumors and perineural cysts....seems like I have a lot of whatever they are but I can't seem to find one that matches my symptoms...I have some numbness and tingling in my arms and up my back but mostly it's just severe pain in the middle of my back and in my lower right ribs. I am hopeful as it seems most of these things are benign but I understand still require risky surgery? I am having a chest and spine MRI with contrast Tuesday...will that be able to conclusively tell what these lesions are? Thank you for support!!
MR THORACIC:
Counting reference: Lumbosacral junction. For the purposes of this
report, L4-5 is considered the level of the iliac crest.
Alignment: Alignment is anatomic.
Cord: The visualized cord is within normal limits of signal intensity
and morphology.
Bone marrow signal/fracture: No evidence of pathologic marrow
infiltration. No evidence of prior fracture.
Thoracic soft tissues: Tiny high T2 signal lesions measuring up to 6 mm
within bilateral neural foramina at C7-T1 left neural foramen at T1-T2
left neural foramen at T2-T3 and left neuroforamen at T7-T8 T8-T9 and
T9-T10 and T10-T11 and T11-T12 and T12-L1 and within right neural
foramina at T7-T8 and T8-T9 and T9-T10 and T10-T11 at T11-T12. Tiny
likely similar lesions are demonstrated within the lower cervical spine
on the scout images 1.1 x 0.8 cm cystic lesion inferior to the right
posterior fourth rib. Similar 1.1 x 0.7 cm cystic lesion demonstrated
inferior to the left posterior fifth and bilateral posterior sixth ribs.
Paraspinal soft tissues are within normal limits.
Canal and foramina: The thoracic canal and foramina are patent.
IMPRESSION:
NO CANAL OR FORAMINAL STENOSIS. NO DEFINITE EVIDENCE OF FRACTURE.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS HIGH T2 SIGNAL LESIONS WITHIN THE FORAMINA AND
ADJACENT TO MULTIPLE POSTERIOR RIBS WHICH COULD REPRESENT NERVE SHEATH
TUMORS OR PERINEURAL CYSTS. CONTRAST-ENHANCED IMAGING OF THE THORACIC
SPINE AND LIKELY CHEST ADVISED.