title: Lumbar disc herniation associated with scoliosis in a 15-year-old girl: case report.
abstract: Intervertebral disc herniation is a rare condition in childhood and adolescence, although some cases have already been reported in the literature. We present the case of a 15 year-old-girl with low back pain and scoliosis. She had no previous history of trauma or collagen diseases. MRI showed L4-L5 and L5-S1 disc herniations and no further bone and structural changes. After two level discectomy, pain ceased and scoliosis improved, without further treatment. Based on her evolution and on what has already been reported in literature, we consider that scoliosis associated with disc herniation in young patients is most likely to be only an anthalgic position, not indicative of further structural changes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernando Campos Gomes
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Arthur W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Poetscher
authors.forename: Fausto Ricardo Erba
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Quinhones
authors.forename: Mário
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pena
authors.forename: Mário Augusto
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Taricco
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed