title: Herniation of calcified cervical intervertebral disk in children.
abstract: Childhood intervertebral disk calcification is a rare clinical entity and usually has a benign course, generally undergoing spontaneous resolution. However, rapid neurologic deterioration due to herniation, found in both of our cases of calcified cervical intervertebral disks, required urgent anterior discectomy and fusion, resulting in excellent recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mohanty
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sutter
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mokry
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Ascher
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D013123:Spinal Fusion