Contrast enhancement around a prolapsed disk.
Five patients with herniated intervertebral disk had undergone a preoperative CT examination with intravenous contrast medium. In 2 cases, intense enhancement was seen around the prolapsed disk. In 1 case, there was an arachnoideal thickening over the herniation, but in the other case, nothing unusual was found around the prolapse at operation. The etiology of the phenomenon is discussed.
D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003287:Contrast Media