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Dr. Indu Kumar MD

what does all this mean?? 1- Diffuse posterior annular bulge with posterocentral annular tear at L4 ... protrusion and annular tear at L4-S1 level causing... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Indu Kumar ( Radiologist)
Dr. Ronald Schubert MD

i have a diffuse bulge and left sided annular tear persistent edmatous appearance to the right side l4l l5 degenerative disc and schmorls node bulge with new left sided annular tear... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ronald Schubert ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Vaibhav Gandhi MD

Hypertrophy seen at L2-L3,L3-L4. 7Diffuse bulge with focal posterocentral and bilateral paracentral annular ... paraspinal muscle spasm . 3)Degenerative discs seen at L4-L5... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vaibhav Gandhi ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr.  Shoaib Khan MD

MRI said central, left paracentral disc herniation at L5/S1 , shallow midline disc protrusion at L3/L4 with annular tear, shallow sics buldg at l2/L3 with posterior... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shoaib Khan ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. S K Mishra MD

Should we go for surgery in case of mild diffuse posterolateral disc bulge at l4- l5 along with mild facetal hypetrophy,mildly compresing the thecal sac ,with small annular tear at... View answer

Answered by : Dr. S K Mishra ( Spine Surgeon)

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Dr. Anisha Parmar MD

Hello Doctor: I got an MRI scan recently and the impression read as below: Diffuse disc bulge with focal annular tear at L4-L5 causing indentation on subarachnoid space. Doctor can... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Anisha Parmar ( Ayurveda Specialist)
Dr.  Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

bulge of the disc with left posterior lateral annular tear at l4-l5 causing effacement of tsecal sac and narrowing of neural foramina L/ R focal posterior central annular... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.   Ganesh MD

forminal annular tear and focal protrusion L4/5 disc causing thecal sac indetation and right L4 exiting Nerve Root compression Posterocentral annular tear with focal... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ganesh ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Ketan Vagholkar MD

numbness in both legs. MRI shows disc bulge at L3-L4 & L4-L5 levels with small annular tear and ... protrusion with annular tear is seen at L5-S1 level... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ketan Vagholkar ( Gastroenterologist)
Dr.   Sudhir Kumar MD

Hi I have a small annular tear at l3-l4 disc, small disc protrusion with annular tear L4-L5 no neaural compression, broad-based disc protrusion at l5-s1... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sudhir Kumar ( Neurologist)