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Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Disc herniation (bulge)
Spinal disc herniation
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...
Disc herniation (bulge) - List of case studies
- Spinal Channel Stenosis
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reduced lumbar lordosis, narrowing of the L5-S1 disc space and transitional L5 vertebrae". Postural physio-kinetic ... Slipped Ring apophysis L5 , Disc herniation (bulge) L4-5, Transitional vertebrae L5, arthropathy of the intervertebral ...
- Hypoesthesia of the Lower Limb
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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. ...
- Left lumbosciatic pain from double disc protrusion
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Voltaren, Muscoril, and Indoxen. Lumbar-sacral NMR showed disc central protrusion. Left lumbosciatic pain from L4-L5 and L5-S1 annular ... tear at the L4-5 level. There was also some disc herniation (bulge) at those levels. The L3-4 looks unaffected. There are ...
- Left lumbosciatic pain from L4-L5 and L5-S1 annular protrusion
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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 ...
- Herniated Disc L4-L5
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Slipped Disc short_summary: ... and of disc space in L5-S1 level, central and left disc herniation at L4-5 level, and swelling of L4 root. ...
- List of Diseases and Conditions
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Adhesive capsulitis Adiadochokinesis Adjacent disc disease Adnexitis Adult Scoliosis Adult onset dystonia ... Cervical arthritis Cervical cancer Cervical disc herniation Cervical dystonia Cervical myelopathy Cervical ...
- Back Pain with Partial Sensory Leg Anesthesia
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protrusion in the L5-S1 level and substential herniated disc at L4-5 level. The L3-4 looks like a mild to moderate bulge. ... by proper medical treatment attributed to the L4-5 disc herniation (Lt L5 radicular pain) can be treated by surgery . In my opinion ...
- Left cervicobrachialgia following cervical discectomy
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43-year-old male suffered of cervical disc herniation, and therefore C5-6 and C6-7 discectomy and fusion were done. About ...
- Cervical myelopathy
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found at C5-C6 level. Additional imaging found C3-4 disc herniation with stenosis and C5-6 stenosis with myelomalacia, and a diagnosis ...