title: Migratory intradural disk herniation and a strategy for intraoperative localization.
abstract: Study Design Case report. Objective Describe a case of intradural disk herniation and a method for intraoperative localization. Methods Intradural disk herniations are uncommon but well described. The diagnosis of these lesions is often difficult, and sometimes they may be diagnosed only through an intradural exploration after an expected disk fragment cannot be located. We report the case of an intradural disk herniation with an additional diagnostic difficulty-a migrated intradural disk. Results We present the first intraoperative imaging evidence of disk migration and propose a strategy to locate intradural disk fragments prior to durotomy. Conclusion Intradural disk herniations should be suspected when intraoperative findings are not congruent with imaging findings. An intraoperative myelogram may be helpful.
authors: Department of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States.
authors: Scott D
authors: SD
authors: Daffner
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States.
authors: Cara L
authors: CL
authors: Sedney
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States.
authors: Charles L
authors: CL
authors: Rosen
keywords: cauda equina; disk herniation; intradural; lumbar disk
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