title: Herniation of an intervertebral disc with cauda compression syndrome in childhood.
abstract: A case of a lumbosacral disc herniation of traumatic origin with compression of the cauda equina in a child is reported. The problems of early diagnosis, timely operative procedure, and prognosis of neurological deficit of operated disc herniation in childhood are discussed.
mesh_terms: D002420:Cauda Equina; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*