Lumbar disc herniation associated with scoliosis in a 15-year-old girl: case report.
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.
Pinto
Fernando Campos Gomes
FC
Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Poetscher
Arthur W
AW
Quinhones
Fausto Ricardo Erba
FR
Pena
Mário
M
Taricco
Mário Augusto
MA
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