title: Familial lumbar spinal stenosis with acute disc herniations. Case reports of four brothers.
abstract: The case histories are reported of four brothers with lumbosciatic syndrome due to acute disc herniations, and associated spinal stenosis. Hereditary factors, although not hitherto reported, may be implicated for these spinal lesions, as the parents had also undergone spinal operations previously.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D013115:Spinal Canal; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics