A 54-year-old man presented with an extremely rare case of intervertebral disk herniation with hematoma in the thoracic spine, manifesting as acute progressive numbness and muscle weakness in the bilateral lower extremities. He had been treated with anticoagulants. Magnetic resonance imaging of the thoracic spine showed intervertebral disk herniation and...

Disk herniation is a rupture of fibrocartilagenous material (annulus fibrosis) that surrounds the intervertebral disk. This rupture involves the release of the disk's center portion containing a gelatinous substance called the nucleus pulposus. Pressure from the vertebrae above and below may cause the nucleus pulposus to be forced outward, placing...

Cervical spondylosis is a chronic degenerative condition of the cervical spine that affects the vertebral bodies and intervertebral disks of the neck (in the form of, for example, disk herniation and spur formation), as well as the contents of the spinal canal (nerve roots and/or spinal cord). Some authors also...

The intervertebral disk is the largest avascular structure in the body. It arises from notochordal cells between the cartilaginous endplates, which regress from about 50% of the disk space at birth to about 5% in the adult, with chondrocytes replacing the notochordal cells. Intervertebral disks are located in the spinal...

Radiology, Vol 164, 83-88, Copyright © 1987
LM Teresi, RB Lufkin, MA Reicher, BJ Moffit, FV Vinuela, GM Wilson, JR Bentson and WN Hanafee
Evidence on magnetic resonance (MR) images of disk degeneration and herniation, as well as of cord and root impingement, may be regarded either as normal, age-related changes...

Article by Barna et al 2007
Synonyms and related keywords: back pain, discogenic pain, discogram, disk herniation, disk injection, herniated disk, internal disk disruption, intervertebral disk, neck pain, provocative discography, spine pain
Contents - Introduction; Internal Disc Disruption And Pain Provocation Theories; Indications; Complications; Procedure; Pros And Cons Of Lumbar Discography; Review...

Physicians assistant course notes on radiculopathy, myelopathy, neck ROM, neck hyperextension and hyperflexion injuries, vulnerable positions of the neck in rear end collision, initial treatment of cervical soft tissue injury, features & symptoms of acute cervical disk herniation (CDH), physical exam in cervical disk herniation, treatment and surgical indications in...

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
are most frequent at C 6-7 level but also occur at C 5-6 & to a lesser extent at C4-5 & other levels; - in relatively younger persons soft disk protrussion is more common than hard disk protrussion;

Acute cervical spine injury has been associated with sports such as football, gymnastics, rugby, ice hockey, and diving. Athletes with cervical disc injury may present with neck pain, radicular pain, quadriparesis, or quadriplegia secondary to myelopathy. This article intends to outline the etiopathology, evaluation, and treatment of cervical disc disease....

Disk Herniation in Children and Adolescents
Case History
This 17 year old white female was involved in an automobile accident. She presented with localized low back pain and was diagnosed with lumbar strain. Her pain increased despite maximum physical therapy.

This search uses the MeSH term for disk (disc) protrusion, herniation, slipped etc. There is a large number of returns from this search which you may need to reduce by adding terms such as cervical or microdiskectomy

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Search string allintitle: (disk OR disc) (herniation OR herniated)>53,000 July 2007

Dr. Goldstein's expertise is in spinal surgery, and includes the neck (cervical) and back (thoracic and lumbar). Most patients have been referred to Dr. Goldstein for a surgical consultation. His practice focuses on degenerative diseases, disk herniation, stenosis, deformity, trauma, and tumors. Dr. Goldstein is a leader in the...

Cervical disc disorders can include:
Disc herniation (prolapsed intervertebral disc)
Degenerative disc disease (cervical spondylosis)
Internal disc disruption
Infection (discitis)

A new study extends to 4 years the previously published 2-year results of research that found that spine surgery provides more rapid and greater relief in symptoms and a greater improvement in function than nonsurgical interventions for patients with lumbar disk herniation.
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Cervical radiculopathy is a dysfunction of a nerve root of the cervical spine. The seventh (C7; 60%) and sixth (C6; 25%) cervical nerve roots are the most commonly affected. In the younger population, cervical radiculopathy is a result of a disk herniation or an acute injury causing foraminal impingement of an...

Spinal Anatomy, Common Problems and Treatments. View a Quick Time movie illustrating Disk Herniation Expert

Piriformis syndrome is characterized by pain and instability. The location of the pain is often imprecise, but it is often present in the hip, coccyx, buttock, groin, or distal part of the leg. The history and physical findings are key elements in differentiating the more common forms of LBP and...