[New aspects in the diagnosis of intervertebral disk displacement of the upper lumbar spine with special reference to magnetic resonance tomography].
A report is presented on two patients who received surgery on a disc prolapse between the lumbar vertebrae 4 and 5 as treatment for compression of the fifth lumbar root, but in whom the clinically relevant disc prolapse was located higher (lumbar vertebrae 1/2 or thoracic vertebra 12/lumbar vertebra 1). Magnetic resonance tomography made a major contribution to the later diagnosis of the high disc prolapses. Besides precise localization of the lesion, MRT made it easier to understand why such a high disc prolapse can cause a compression syndrome of the fifth lumbar root.
Gruss
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P
Neurochir. Abt. am KH der Barmherzigen Brüder, Regensburg.
Tannenbaum
H
H
Obletter
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N
Breit
A
A
Lindner
R
R
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012008:Recurrence; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Neue Aspekte zur Diagnostik des Bandscheibenvorfalls der oberen Lendenwirbelsäule unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der MRT.