Calcified thoracic disc with herniation of the nucleus pulposus in a child.
A twelve year old boy presented with acute cervical and interscapular pain, torticollis and low grade fever. The neurological examination was normal. Roentgenograms showed calcification of the T3-T4 disc and posterior herniation of the nucleus pulposus was demonstrated by computed tomography. A rapid and dramatic amelioration of the symptoms was produced by treatment with a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. Intervertebral disc calcification in childhood is an uncommon and usually benign condition. Its clinical and radiological features are discussed in the light of the relevant literature.
Schapira
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Department of Rheumatology, Rambam Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
Goldsher
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Nahir
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Scharf
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D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed