title: Intradural disc herniation with cranial migration of an excluded fragment.
abstract: Intradural herniation is a rare complication of the intervertebral disc disease. The history and present clinical findings may suggest the diagnosis. Although the myelographic signs are well known, intradural hernias have seldom been illustrated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We present the case of an intradural disc hernia with cranial migration of a sequestrated fragment illustrated by both myelography and MRI. To our knowledge, such a case has never been reported in the literature so far.
authors.affiliation: Radiology A Unit, Besançon University Hospital, Boulevard Fleming, 25030 Besançon cedex, France. philippe.sarlieve@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sarliève
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delabrousse
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Clair
authors.forename: H Haj
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Hussein
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kastler
mesh_terms: D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000473:pathology; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000473:pathology*; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis