title: Thoracic disk herniation in an 82-year-old patient. Treatment with the transpedicular approach.
abstract: A rare case of thoracic disk herniation in an 82-year-old female is reported. The patient was referred with a 2-month history of weakness and paresthesia of her left leg. On examination she had a severe paresis of the left leg and mild paresis of the right leg. Myelography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a T10-T11 disk herniation. The unilateral transpedicular approach was used and a large prolapse was surgically removed. The patient made an uneventful recovery and her neurologic function recovered to almost normal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Levi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dons
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009192:Myelography; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*