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My lower lumbar mri spine without contrast says on the impression part. 1. straightening of the normal lumbar lordosis. 2. l5-s1 diffuse disc bulging with endplate osteophytes abutting the dural sac in the central canal and bilateral l5 nerve roots in the

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Age appropriate deg: Age appropriate degeneration not always a symptom generator 30% chance these are asymptomatic incidental findings need to correlate with clinical symptoms
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