Simultaneous occurrence of herniated disc and mesothelial cyst in a 16-year-old male.
The unusual, simultaneous occurrence of both a herniated disc and an intraspinal mesothelial cyst in an adolescent is reported. The patient was a 16-year-old white male who presented with sciatic pain in his left lower extremity. Myelography revealed evidence of a left L4-5 discal herniation, and a L5-S3 midline sacral lesion that proved to be a mesothelial cyst.
D000293:Adolescent; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed