Hey everyone, I really need some help figuring out this diagnosis,
I’m living with a high level of disability—complete tetraplegia from a broken neck.
For a while now, I've been dealing with these brutal pains in my right leg. It travels all the way from my glutes down to my heel. Honestly, it feels like electric shocks mixed with these intense, stinging sensations. I'm thinking maybe it's sciatica, but who knows? Now, it’s starting to show up in my left leg too.
Getting an EMG is out of the question because I have zero motor function in my lower limbs. I already had an X-ray, but it didn't show anything that explains why I'm hurting like this.
MRI OF THE LUMBAR SPINE
The sagittal and axial views through the lumbosacral spinal canal show vertebral bodies with normal height and structure. Around the L1 vertebral body, there's a noticeable, well-defined area of high signal on all sequences, which looks like a hemangioma. There's also a similar spot on the right pedicle of the Th12 vertebra that looks like another hemangioma.
The spinal cord shows a normal signal.
Disc material in all visible segments appears normal.
However, the disc material from L4 to S1 shows signs of bulging.
The bony spinal canal diameter is normal.
Just as a side note, the scan picked up a high-signal cystic formation near my right kidney, likely a simple cyst about 30 mm in size.
CONCLUSION.
Lumbar spine MRI shows disc bulging from L4 to S1 and a larger hemangioma at the L1 vertebral body.
Is there any way to pinpoint the cause of this pain from these results? It’s hitting me both during the day and when I'm trying to sleep.
Thanks so much for the help!!!!!
I’m living with a high level of disability—complete tetraplegia from a broken neck.
For a while now, I've been dealing with these brutal pains in my right leg. It travels all the way from my glutes down to my heel. Honestly, it feels like electric shocks mixed with these intense, stinging sensations. I'm thinking maybe it's sciatica, but who knows? Now, it’s starting to show up in my left leg too.
Getting an EMG is out of the question because I have zero motor function in my lower limbs. I already had an X-ray, but it didn't show anything that explains why I'm hurting like this.
MRI OF THE LUMBAR SPINE
The sagittal and axial views through the lumbosacral spinal canal show vertebral bodies with normal height and structure. Around the L1 vertebral body, there's a noticeable, well-defined area of high signal on all sequences, which looks like a hemangioma. There's also a similar spot on the right pedicle of the Th12 vertebra that looks like another hemangioma.
The spinal cord shows a normal signal.
Disc material in all visible segments appears normal.
However, the disc material from L4 to S1 shows signs of bulging.
The bony spinal canal diameter is normal.
Just as a side note, the scan picked up a high-signal cystic formation near my right kidney, likely a simple cyst about 30 mm in size.
CONCLUSION.
Lumbar spine MRI shows disc bulging from L4 to S1 and a larger hemangioma at the L1 vertebral body.
Is there any way to pinpoint the cause of this pain from these results? It’s hitting me both during the day and when I'm trying to sleep.
Thanks so much for the help!!!!!