Clinics in diagnostic imaging (127).
A 82-year-old woman presented with left buttock pain radiating to the left anterior knee for four weeks. Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine showed a rim-enhancing mass in the spinal canal at the level of L3 vertebra suggestive of a sequestered disc, which was subsequently confirmed on decompression laminectomy. The clinical and magnetic resonance imaging features of a sequestered disc and its mimics are discussed.
Chee
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Alexandra Hospital, 378 Alexandra Road, Singapore.
Peh
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WC
D000328:Adult; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain