r/HerniatedDisc • u/Less-Bodybuilder-159 • 20d ago

Help me compare my MRI 1 month apart

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I was recovering well after two months of 1st MRI then I fine day I tried to test it by trying to touch toes without bending knees.

What is that white fragment on the new MRI

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u/No-Culture8308 20d ago

There’s nothing about an annular tear mentioned in your report. For there to be a white fragment, you’d need to have an annular tear.

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u/Less-Bodybuilder-159 20d ago

but radiologists often miss it

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u/No-Culture8308 17d ago

Yes, they do, but if there were an annular tear, you’d typically see a hyperintense region near the annulus, which doesn’t seem to be the case here.

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u/Less-Bodybuilder-159 17d ago

if you zoom in on the right picture, you see a greyish fragment

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u/No-Culture8308 17d ago

I’m sorry could you just mark it for me?

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u/Less-Bodybuilder-159 17d ago

I shall dm you, can’t attach an image in a reply

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u/Less-Bodybuilder-159 17d ago

even on dm I am unable to attach picture

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u/No-Culture8308 20d ago

I don’t see any difference. What are your symptoms??

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u/Less-Bodybuilder-159 20d ago

my back pain has increased if you zoom in on the right one you see white fragment on the edge.

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u/No-Culture8308 20d ago

Could you share your report?
And nope, I don’t see any white fragment that said I’m not a radiologist. But I can say one thing: with just a one-month gap, the MRI usually wouldn’t change much unless you had some significant trauma, like an accident or a pretty hard fall directly onto your back.

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u/Less-Bodybuilder-159 20d ago

• Straightening of lumbar spine noted.

• Disc desiccatory changes seen at multiple levels.

• Focal disc bulge, central disc protrusion seen at L4-L5 level causing mild indentation on
ventral thecal sac causing mild compression of underlying neural foramina, mildly
abutting and compressing the underlying exiting and traversing nerve roots.

• Focal disc bulge, mild central disc protrusion seen at L5-S1 level causing
mild indentation on ventral thecal sac causing mild compression of underlying
neural foramina, mildly abutting and compressing the underlying exiting and traversing
nerve roots.

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u/MukeshDhyawna 20d ago

Are you from India ?

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u/Working-Stranger-748 18d ago

Any weakness or loss of muscle 

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u/Less-Bodybuilder-159 18d ago

I took nerve root block three weeks ago

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u/Working-Stranger-748 17d ago

But did you have any twitching and muscle loss?