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A member asked:

What is mild effacement of the ventral csf space?

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CSF: It depends on the clinical situation. What is the background information for gettig the mri?

Dr Parvez agreed

Answered 1/24/2021

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What does an MRI with a large posterior disc osteophyte complex that effaces the ventral CSF and flattens left hemi-cord diameter of 6mm mean?

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Could this cause a CSF Leak? Right paracentral disc protrusion indenting the ventral aspect of the thoracic cord at the T7-T8 level. There are small left lateral thecal sac outpouchings in the left T7-T8 and T8-T9 neural foramina?

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I have bad bilateral leg & cronic neck pain for years. Mri says at c4c5 disc protusion indents anterior thecal sac effaces the ventral csf with minor spinal canal narrowing. Could the cord be impacted at times despite mri not showing it?

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I have a c3-4 disc dessication with broad partial effacement in csf space? What does this mean? Could this paralyze me?

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I have c3-4 deciccation w broad posterior disc bulge(3.4mm) causing effacement of CSF space& moderate neural foraminal narrowing. Will I need fusion?

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