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Mindy

L 5 Pars defect found told don’t have fractures and my pain isnt real

FINDINGS: Overall normal lumbar alignment. Vertebral body heights are normal. Marrow signal is benign. Bilateral pars defects. Trace anterolisthesis of L5 on S1. Retroperitoneal structures are unremarkable. Sacrum is unremarkable. T12-L4: Mild facet degenerative change. No spinal canal. No neural foramen narrowing. L4-L5: Disc desiccation with a mild broad-based disc bulge. Small central disc protrusion. Moderate facet and mild - moderate ligamentum flavum hypertrophy. Mild neural foramen stenosis. L5-S1: Trace anterolisthesis with bilateral pars defects. Disc desiccation with a minimal broad-based disc bulge. There is a right paracentral annular fissure. Moderate ligamentum flavum and facet hypertrophy. No significant spinal canal or neural foraminal narrowing. IMPRESSION: 1. Overall mild multilevel degenerative changes most pronounced at L4-L5 and L5-S1. 2. No significant spinal canal or neural foramen narrowing.