Cervical Radiculopathy Caused by Neural Foraminal Migration of a Herniated Calcified Intervertebral Disk in Childhood: A Case Report
| Autor: | Sung Min Park, Duk Hyun Sung, Eun-Sang Kim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Nerve root business.industry Rehabilitation Intervertebral disk calcification Calcinosis Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation medicine.disease Surgery Radiography Intervertebral disk medicine.anatomical_structure Spinal cord compression Spinal nerve Orthopedic surgery medicine Humans Spinal canal Child Radiculopathy business Intervertebral foramen Intervertebral Disc Displacement |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 86:2214-2217 |
| ISSN: | 0003-9993 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.06.009 |
| Popis: | Park SM, Kim ES, Sung DH. Cervical radiculopathy caused by neural foraminal migration of a herniated calcified intervertebral disk in childhood: a case report. Childhood intervertebral disk calcification is a rare clinical entity. Although its clinical course is usually benign, nerve root irritation or spinal cord compression can occasionally occur. We present the clinical and radiologic findings of a 9-year-old boy with cervical radiculopathy due to a herniated calcified intervertebral disk, which developed suddenly after swimming for 1 hour. Radiologic findings indicated that a calcified nucleus pulposus at the C6-7 level herniated into the spinal canal and migrated far into the right C6-7 neural foramen. Surgical management was performed 8 weeks after the onset of symptoms, because the initial presenting symptoms persisted despite conservative treatment. In children, calcified intervertebral disks can cause cervical radiculopathy that requires surgical management when they herniate and migrate far into the neural foramen. |
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