My lumbar spine MRI says:  presence of 3-mm central posterior protrusion abutting upon the thecal sac. Help?
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It sounds like you have a bulging disc compressing on the layers that surround your spinal cord.  But, it seems to be very small.  Obviously, as with anything, wait to hear what your doctor says about it.
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it is the front part of the Acetabulum.....\nokay, it is a part of the Pelvis ;-)
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There are few things in all of medicine that is more nebulous than back pain and spine imaging.  It's not uncommon for a very significant finding on an MRI to have little or no symptoms.  Conversely, an MRI showing very little or no detectable abnormality can still mean significant pain or symptoms.  The human spine is more than just a bunch of vertebrae stacked on top of each other.  It's a very complex biomechanical structure with multiple small joints of different types at all levels, stabilized by large numbers of ligaments and muscles.  Medical imaging will not display pathology of all these structures all the times.  Unfortunately, many people with back pain get treated with medicine, physical therapy and surgery with varying results.  Sometimes they get better, other times they don't, and other times they get worse.  My advice is to see a good orthopedic or neurosurgeon who isn't hell bent on operating on every spine patient they see.  Surgery should be a last resort, and you have to be absolutely certain that whatever is being operated correlates with the clinical symptoms.
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Ive got a simillar problem to Yours! I have to bulged disc's #3 and #5 in my lower lumbar, and let me tell you there is no quike fix. I got hurt at work last Jannuary 2006 and after 7 epidurals I am now slated for a full blown back surgury! I feel for you! I have chronic back pain, and have run the gauntlet looking for relief, I've tried, Perscription drugs, Loratab 10's 5 a day!(Same as Vicoden but no acetemetphen/Tylenol) Alchohol (Makes it worse (The pain). I most recently am using pot! I dont smoke it, but rather leach out the THC into butter and use it as a spread for toast or abit in my morning oatmeal whatever, And I by God Works. But I am going in for surgury on the 27th of this month. And at this point, Though I have heard all types of horror stories about back surgury, I welcome the promise of relief. Good luck to you!And hang in there
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Hi Laflavafave.  I am a retired Chiropractor.  I would suggest a chiropractic evaluation.  Specifically, ask the doctor to evaluate your neck for an anteriorally fixed rotational cervical subluxation.  Sounds complicated, but it could be the problem.\n\nTriggerpoints in various muscles of the neck, shoulders, upper back and chest, can be involved as you noted about the SCM.  What makes you think the SCM is in play?  Does massaging the tenderpoints (triggerpoints) in it reproduce some or all of your symptoms? Or is it because anatomy books suggest the SCMs are involved in swallowing?  Note: if their is a problem with the SCM, upper cervical/occipital subluxations should be corrected. 2nd note: also check the digastric muscle and internal pterygoid muscle.\n\nAnother thought, have the Chiropractor check you for a hiatal hernia.  That can affect swallowing and cause back and shoulder area pains.\n\nSomething is definitely causing your problem, so keep searching for help until you find the cause.\n\nGood luck!
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The findings on the MRI could be incidental. If we scanned everyone we would see mild disc degredation and mild curvature problems. That having been said, there is the small chance the disc degredation is related. The curvature problems may be coming from mal-alignment due to muscle spasms. The throat discomfort is likely unrelated. As far as who to see, I would start with your primary care physician or a primary care sports medicine doctor. In this case, preferrably a DO versus and MD based on the possibility you may need a little manipulation (similar to what a chiropractor does).\nGood luck
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its better you rule out any spinal injury, ideally you may need either a CAT scan of the chest/thorax and spine, probably the thoraric vertebrae..never ruling out further requirement of a MRI scan as well, get in touch with a traumatologist/spinal surgeon asap. good luck and wishes for a speedy recovery!
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In addition to the first answer, yes it is where the lowest vertebrae has fused with the sacral bone.  (Meaning tail bone.)  It's not an uncommon thing really.  \n\nIn January of 2005 I had my L4/L5 and L5/S1 (Meaning Lumbar vertebrae #5 and my Sacral bones) fused together intentionally.  This is an area that gets a tremendous amount of stress and pressure, leading to the most common form of lower back pain and back trauma.  It seems your body did the natural thing to strengthen that region - by connecting the two bone sections together to give you a stronger lower back which will help avoid nerve damage from a bulging or ruptured disc.\n\nIt sounds more frightening than it is...but it seems your body had a good defense mechanism.  As long as you're not suffering sciatic pain and muscle weakness in your legs, there's noting to worry about.
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Did this pleanty of times.  If you can see the spine, try to get it out...pain might be involved.  You can just squeeze them out.  Put antibiotic cream on the spots.
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in our dept:\nhead: 800\ncspine: 1700\nchest:3200 (w/iodine dye +300)\nabdomen/pelvis: 3350\ntspine/lspine: 1800\nany extremity: 1550\nusually on any spine film images will be manipulated so there are different views (saggital and coronal) add 400 for any of those.\nmaxilofacial: 1780\n\nthese are all just the cost of the scan..not to have them read byu a radiologist.
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That is a condition known as kyphosis, or Scheuermann’s disease.  This condition occurs when the front of the upper spine does not grow as fast as the back of the spine, so that the vertebrae become wedge-shaped, with the narrow part of the wedge in front. The wedge-shape of the vertebrae creates an increase in the amount of normal kyphosis (front angulation of the thoracic spine). \n\nThe wedging of vertebrae in Scheuermann’s kyphosis is most common in the thoracic spine (upper back), with the apex of the curve typically between the T7 and T9 levels of the spine. Although less common, Scheuermann’s kyphosis may also occur in the junction between the thoracic and lumbar spine (thoracolumbar spine) or in the lumbar spine (lower back). \n\nThe cause of Scheuermann's disease is unknown, but is thought to be due to a growth abnormality of the vertebral body. The growth plate anteriorly (in the front) stops growing but the posterior part of the growth plate continues to grow. This is due to a condition known as osteochondrosis. \n\nScheuermann’s disease does not spread and is not really a “disease” but a condition that can arise during growth. It is more common in males and appears in adolescents usually towards the end of their growth spurt, but can occur in anyone.\n\nIf the roundback deformity is severe, patients are more likely to have discomfort or pain along with the deformity as they age. \n\nLearn more about it at the website below.   Good luck on your career as a holistic therapist.
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Spina bifida of S1 means that there is a defect in the spinal column at the first sacral vertebra, which is very low on your back. (Your sacrum is just above the tailbone, and is usually a set of 5 fused vertebrae.) Spina bifida comes in degrees: the mildest is spina bifida occulta, which is when there is a defect in the vertebra(e), but no obvious external opening on the back; the next degree is meningocele, where a portion of the membrane covering the spinal cord protrudes through the opening in the spine; the most severe is myelomeningocele, wherein the spinal  cord itself is exposed through the opening. \n\nIn the mildest form, spina bifida may just be an incidental finding on an x-ray; in the most severe, it causes paralysis below the level of the opening and may be associated with brain problems as well.
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I'm gonna have to go with my gut and say that a having an extra sac (even if it's filled with air or pus) is probably a bad thing. Of course, I'm not a doctor, so it may be really great. Might wanna swing by the M.D. just to check.
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...\n\nThe bony arches of the vertebrae have two types of projection: one, called the spinous process, extends backwards from the arch in the mid-line (it is these spinous processes which are felt all down the back); the other, the transverse processes, extend laterally on each side from a position posterior to the intervertebral foramen.\n\nIf one now considers the vertebral column as a structural unit, one sees the column of vertebral bodies anteriorly, joined by the intervertebral discs as bricks are joined by mortar, with the bony arches behind. These bony arches have paired pedicles which enclose the intervertebral foramina on each side just behind the vertebral bodies. Farther back on each side one encounters the transverse processes, and finally in the mid-line of the back, the spinous processes. The whole column is bound together with various ligaments of great strength, on the anterior and posterior surfaces of the vertebral bodies and on the bony arches, their processes, and their joints. The muscles further strengthen and cushion the vertebral column.\n\nWithin the vertebral column, the circles formed by the bony arches described above are aligned to constitute a canal, called the spinal canal. The spinal canal contains the spinal cord, the trunk of nerves which is in continuity with the brain above. Neither the brain nor the spinal cord are in contact with the bones which protect them. These delicate nerve structures are completely enveloped by three concentric membranes, the meninges; respectively, the dura mater, the arachnoid, and the pia mater.\n\n...
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an abnormal spinal curvature characterized by back pain
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Okay, I have pulled my hair out regarding these conditions in trying to find a definitive description of them with no luck. I have also posted several messages to dr.s online regarding this condition and hope to hear something. I am a medical transcriptionist who has come across these terms and cannot locate any definition on them. From my schooling, I learned that dextr(o) means right and lev(o) means left. I don't like to assume, but I have to think that dextroscoliosis and levoscoliosis are simply referring to the direction of the scoliotic curves either found in the cervical or thoracolumbar spines.
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I have Arnold Chiari Malformation...