title: Two-level thoracic disc herniation.
abstract: We report a rare case of two-level thoracic disc herniation that occurred in a 48-year-old woman. She was referred with a 10-month history of pain on the right side of the thorax. On examination, she had hypoesthesia and hypalgesia in the right T6-T8 dermatomes. An MRI scan revealed a large herniated disc at the T7/8 level and a smaller herniated disc at the T6/7 level. At surgery, the unilateral transpedicular approach was used, and a large prolapse was removed at the T7/8 level. The T6/7 level was decompressed. The patient made an uneventful recovery. Six months after surgery her pain had disappeared, but she still had hypoesthesia in the right T6-T8 dermatomes.
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: D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery