need help reading MRI

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Hi guys,

I just got my MRI report from the hospital today.......I know I

have to wait till I see my neurologist to get the full jist of whats going

on, and he does need to compare MRI's and x-rays and such and maybe he has

other ideas and thoughts and knowledge of what he is finding and looking

at, that maybe the radiologist missed etc.. Is that possible ??? for a

radiologist to miss something ??

Anyway....I'm confused on two things that were " found " on the old MRI and

x-rays (done at Mayo Clinc) and apparently not " found " on this new MRI and

x-rays. On the old MRI and x-rays they found 2 hemivertabra in the cervical

and thorasic area....there is no mention of this on the new one. They do

say I have " block vertabrae with congenital fusion at C6, C7, and T1 " I'm

not so sure vertabra can just grow and become whole if you are born with

only half, huh ???.

On the old MRI they found a syrinx in the cervical area....no syrinx found

on this one !!! That is good !!! Can a syrinx dissappear ??? Can it come

back ???

one more question !! I have no idea what this means...... " .Apparent soft

tissue or bony encroachement on the spinal column or on the cervical cord

noted. "

In the past couple of weeks I have been feeling movement of something in my

cervical area and when whatever it is moves or shifts I hear crunching,

scraping noises and a big pop......when it does this I get an extremely

sharp pain, a shooting pain and then instant severe headache with visual

blurryness, and blackness that creeps in and creeps back out.

I'm wondering if any of this could cause the problems I'm having ??? If

not......I'm back to square one !!! This is soooo exasperating !!!

Just being curious

Sam

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