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What does broad based posterior disc osteophyte complex at c56 with an indentation on the ventral aspect of cervical cord?

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There's an extra bit of bone -- the kind of thing that happens as we age. It's not shaped like a toothpick but is wide at its base. It is in the back of the soft tissue between C5 and C6 (two of the three lowest vertegra in the neck). It's pressing a bit on the spinal cord.

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