Percutaneous treatment of gas-containing lumbar disc herniation. Report of two cases.
A limited number of cases have been reported in which gas-containing lumbar disc herniation caused compression of nerve roots. The authors describe two patients in whom computerized tomography scanning revealed a large intraspinal gas collection that appeared to be causing nerve root compression and that was successfully evacuated by percutaneous needle aspiration.
Department of Neuroradiology, Instituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy. neurorad@polic.cilea.it
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D000368:Aged; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005740:Gases; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D009339:Needles; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology; D013396:Suction / Q000295:instrumentation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D005740:Gases