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Disc Herniation

Spinal disc herniation

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A spinal disc herniation (prolapsus disci intervertebralis), informally and misleadingly called a "slipped disc", is a medical condition affecting the spine, in which a tear in the outer, fibrous ring of an intervertebral disc (discus intervertebralis) allows the soft, central portion to bulge out. Tears are almost always postero-lateral in nature owing to the presence of the posterior longitudinal ligament in the spinal canal. This tear in the disc ring may result in the release of inflammatory chemical mediators which may directly cause severe pain, even in the absence of nerve root compression...
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Disc Herniation - List of case studies

Post Traumatic Double Pelvic Fracture

and osteophytosic manifestations, discopathies and disc arthrosis. The prescribed therapy included Piroxicam, Tioside, Depalgos, ... the upper dorsal segment, diffuse at lumbar level with disc calcifications. Marked Interapophyseal Arthrosis with sclerotic aspect ... described. It also shows a Left Intraforaminal Disc Herniation . The Intervertebral Disc L4-L5 is totally protruding and ...

Cervical myelopathy

found at C5-C6 level. Additional imaging found C3-4 disc herniation with stenosis and C5-6 stenosis with myelomalacia, and a diagnosis ...

Spinal Channel Stenosis

reduced lumbar lordosis, narrowing of the L5-S1 disc space and transitional L5 vertebrae". Postural physio-kinetic ... sparse positive findings. On radiological examination mild disc bulge, central and to the left on the L4-L5 level and L5-S1 stenosis due ... Slipped Ring apophysis L5 , Disc herniation (bulge) L4-5, Transitional vertebrae L5, arthropathy of the ...

Low back pain due to spondylosis and degenerative disc disease

of lumbar pain. After an X-ray test and lumbar spine MNR a disc herniation was diagnosed. Later on, disorders showed up sporadically, and 15 ...

Back Pain with Partial Sensory Leg Anesthesia – additional opinion

of his MRI study are L4-5 subarticular and central disc protrusion causing significant impression on nerve roots in the canal, and small left paracentral L5-S1 disc herniation. questions:  ...

Left lumbosciatic pain from L4-L5 and L5-S1 annular protrusion

in the annulus. A further mild central protrusion of the disc was seen at L5-S1. Later that same year the patient underwent an ... annular tear at the L4-5 level. There was also some disc herniation (bulge) at those levels. The L3-4 looks unaffected. There are ...

Hypoesthesia of the Lower Limb

and MRI showed reduced lumbar lordosis and different disc lesions. In case of compression neuropathy (tourniquet), the expert ... disc lesions . Among those are Rt. L5-S1 and L3-4 disc herniation that doesn't look responsible for the patient's symptoms. ...

List of Diseases and Conditions

Adhesive capsulitis Adiadochokinesis Adjacent disc disease Adnexitis Adult Scoliosis Adult onset dystonia ... Cervical arthritis Cervical cancer Cervical disc herniation Cervical dystonia Cervical myelopathy Cervical ...

Spinal column pathology

at L5 and the lumbar MRI showed left mediolateral D10-D11 disc protrusion causing medullary distress. There was also left L4-L5 disc herniation. The patient had MRI scans and radiograms that disclosed flattening ...

Demyelinizing Disease

a lumbosacral NMR in January 2005 with evidence of L5-S1 disc herniation, more evident towards the right side. Since then she has performed ...

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