Spinal abnormalities?

I'm trying to figure out my daughter's MRI results. We don't go back until next month.
She's 8 years old and tip toe walks.

EXAM
MRI LUMBAR SPINE WITHOUT CONTRAST

HISTORY
ABNORMALITY OF GAIT 788.20 CONTRACTURE OF TENDON (SHEATH, Gait abnormality getting worse, rule out tethered cord or spinal dysraphism

COMPARISON
None

TECHNIQUE
MRI of the lumbar spine performed including sagittal T1, sagittal T2, sagittal stir, axial T1 and T2 weighted images. No intravenous contrast was administered for the study.

FINDINGS
Five lumbar type vertebral bodies have been assumed for the purposes of this report. Correlate with plain radiographic findings prior to any surgical intervention.

Alignment of the lumbar spine and curvature appears maintained. Vertebral body heights are intact without any compression deformity.

Medullary conus terminates at L1 level. Mild prominence of the central canal of the visualized distal thoracic spinal cord noted, finding which may represent ventriculus terminalis, however, presence of mild syringohydromyelia cannot be excluded.

No finding to suggest tethered cord, fatty or thickened filum terminale identified.

No significant spinal canal or neural foraminal narrowing. Noted in the lumbar region.

Visualized paraspinal soft tissues appear grossly unremarkable.

IMPRESSION
Five lumbar type vertebral bodies have been assumed for the purposes of this report. Correlate with plain radiographic findings prior to any surgical intervention.

1. Mild prominence of the central canal of the visualized distal thoracic spinal cord noted, finding which may represent ventriculus terminalis, however, presence of mild syringohydromyelia cannot be excluded. Consider MRI of the cervicothoracic region to better assess the spinal cord.

2. No finding to suggest tethered cord, fatty or thickened filum terminale identified. Tweet