title: [Histopathologic examination of the intervertebral lumbar disk. Evaluation of its usefulness and limitations].
abstract: A retrospective clinical-pathological review of 192 lumbar intervertebral discs removed via an interlaminar approach or percutaneous nucleotomy from patients suffering from sciatic pain was carried out in order to assess if routine examination is useful. Only for a case of our series, which showed ill defined features at preoperative neuroradiologic imaging, an intraoperative pathologic examination was necessary. Immunohistochemical study was never required. A routine examination with a hematoxilin-eosin stain was sufficient also to recognize postoperative scar in patients reoperated. In conclusion we think that routine examination of the intervertebral disc is a procedure which is not expensive and useful to assess the nature of the lesion in reoperated patients and in rare cases showing unclear radiologic pattern.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Neurochirurgia, Università di Catanzaro. gdonato@unicz.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Donato
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amorosi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lavano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Volpentesta
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chirchiglia
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Iannello
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferraro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aloisi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maltese
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pittelli
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pardatscher
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Signorelli
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000473:pathology*; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: L'esame istopatologico del disco intervertebrale lombare. Valutazione dell'utilità e dei limiti.