title: Regression of a symptomatic thoracic disc herniation with a calcified intervertebral disc component.
abstract: There were only a few cases describing spontaneous regression of calcified thoracic disc herniation in the literature. We present a 38-year-old male office worker who had left paramedian-foraminal extruded disc at T7-T8 with calcifications of the T7-T8 and T8-T9 intervertebral discs. This case was unique in that the non-calcified extruded disc material regressed almost completely in 5 months while the calcified intervertebral discs remained the same during the process of regression. This report stresses that regression of the herniated material of the thoracic discs with subsidence of the symptoms is still possible even if the disc material is calcified.
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hidayet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sari
authors.affiliation: Koc University Hospital, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: tozeklim@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Tugce Ozekli
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Misirlioglu
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Palamar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D011859:Radiography; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
keywords: Calcification; Herniated disc; Intervertebral disc; Pathologic; Thoracic vertebrae