Intradural variant of cervical nerve root fibres. Potential cause of misinterpreting the segmental location of cervical disc prolpases from clinical evidence.
In 40 postmortem specimens the cervical posterior roots were examined under the surgical microscope, and intradural communicating fibres between neighbouring segments were demonstrated. The implications of these frequent variants for the diagnosis of prolapsed cervical discs are discussed.
D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000033:anatomy & histology*