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what ia a broad based disc bulge at C5/6 mean

Sue

07/20/08

Sue

Topics:BROAD BASED DISC BULGE

Hi, after being in 2 car accidents with in 18 months of each other and after an MRI scan which revealed that i have a broad based disc bugle at C5/6, i am wanting an explanation of what i have and also am wondering if this condition has different levels of disc bulge, and if this condition may have been caused by one of the car accidents, thanks

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wesselj

Friday, October 17, 2008

Thank you for your question, Sue. This website has some good definitions of "broad based disc bulge" that might help answer your question.

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