Tuesday, 13 December 2011

MRI Lumbar Spine

I was experiencing stiffness and pain in the back and hip area, so an MRI was ordered on 7 Dec 2011.

By now, the pleural effusion in the left chest cavity was back again.

MRI showed "multiple bone lesions consistent with diffuse metastasis, involving both anterior and posterior elements of the vetebrae and the pelvic bones.  A few of these lesions are expansile and protrude into the spinal canal".

I have multiple bony metastases involving the vertebral and pelvic bones, and T12 (thoracic) and L1 (lumbar) bony expansion with consequent narrowing of the spinal canal/neural foramina (openings for nerves to connect with different parts of the body).  This probably explained which I am having pain with my nerves.

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