Intradural herniated dorsal disc: case report and review of the literature

Neurosurgery. 1988 Apr;22(4):737-9. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198804000-00020.

Abstract

A 67-year-old man with a 1 1/2-month history of spastic paraparesis caused by a dorsal intradural disc herniation underwent surgical treatment via a posterior approach. Dorsal herniated discs are rare, and intradural dorsal disc herniations are even more infrequent. Including this case, the medical literature reviewed describes only four such cases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Dura Mater
  • Humans
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / complications
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / diagnostic imaging
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / surgery*
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Spinal Cord Compression / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Cord Compression / etiology*
  • Spinal Cord Compression / surgery
  • Thoracic Vertebrae