The first step in diagnosing a HÃ¼rthle cell adenoma is to establish the existence of a thyroid tumor. Second, a physician must determine whether the tumor is malignant or benign.
foraminal narrowing or foraminal stenosis is a condition of the spine that can cause pain and other symptoms resulting from spinal nerve root compression at every level of the spine a pair of nerve roots runs through the spinal column via small openings called foramina singular foramen
    Foramina are openings. Neural foramina patent bilaterally just means that the openings in the spine are open, and allow the nerves to pass through normally...aking the world better, one answer at a time. iT MEANS THAT THE OPENINGS WHERE THE NERVES COME THROUGH THE VERTIFRAL SPACES ORE OPEN.....THERE IS NO COMPRESSION OF THOSE NERVES CAUSED AT THAT POINT....