Enhancing transdural lumbar disk herniation

Clin Imaging. 1995 Jan-Mar;19(1):12-6. doi: 10.1016/0899-7071(93)00014-p.

Abstract

Transdural migration of an intervertebral disk fragment is accompanied by more severe clinical manifestations than the more common extradural disk herniation. We report on two patients with transdural lumbar disk herniation who had had no previous surgery. In both, there was intense enhancement of the intradural disk material on magnetic resonance imaging. The pathological specimen showed vascularization of the intradural fibrocartilage in one patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Cartilage / pathology
  • Contrast Media
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dura Mater / pathology*
  • Female
  • Fibrosis
  • Gadolinium
  • Gadolinium DTPA
  • Humans
  • Image Enhancement / methods
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / diagnosis*
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / pathology
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging* / methods
  • Male
  • Meningioma / diagnosis
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Pentetic Acid / analogs & derivatives
  • Subdural Space

Substances

  • Contrast Media
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Pentetic Acid
  • Gadolinium
  • Gadolinium DTPA