Migrated Disc at Cervicothoracic Junction Presenting as Acute Paraplegia

Herein, we report on an inferior migration of an intervertebral disc C6-7 to the cervicothoracic junction manifesting as acute paraplegia. The patient showed a remarkable recovery after the surgery. The diagnostic dilemma and management difficulties of such an entity are briefly discussed.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mahore, Amit, Agarwal, Monit, Ramdasi, Raghvendra, Tikeykar, Vishakha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Spine Surgery 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4472595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26097662
http://dx.doi.org/10.4184/asj.2015.9.3.449
Descripción
Sumario:Herein, we report on an inferior migration of an intervertebral disc C6-7 to the cervicothoracic junction manifesting as acute paraplegia. The patient showed a remarkable recovery after the surgery. The diagnostic dilemma and management difficulties of such an entity are briefly discussed.

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