Magnetic resonance imaging of intradural lumbar disc herniation.
The case of a 62-year-old patient with intradural lumbar disc herniation diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and verified by surgery is reported. The patient presented with low back pain. T(1)-weighted MRI demonstrated an intradural iso-intensity mass at the L2/3 level without obliteration of the extradural fat space. Gd-DTPA enhanced MRI showed a beak like mass with rim enhancement except at its ventral surface. Intraoperative findings disclosed an intradural epiarachnoid fragmented disc which was covered by venous plexus. Copyright 1999 Harcourt Publishers Ltd.
Hida
K
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Hokkaido School of Medicine, North 15, West 7, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
Iwasaki
Y
Abe
H
Shimazaki
M
Matsuzaki
T