Episodic cauda equina compression from an intradural lumbar herniated disc: a case of ‘floppy disc’ | Zendy

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Episodic cauda equina compression from an intradural lumbar herniated disc: a case of ‘floppy disc’

Author(s) -

J. Nagaria,

Chee Ching Chan,

MH Kamel,

L. McEvoy,

Ciarán Bolger

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of surgical case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14

H-Index - 3

ISSN - 2042-8812

DOI - 10.1093/jscr/2011.9.6

Subject(s) - medicine , cauda equina , cauda equina syndrome , lumbar , intervertebral disc , surgery , intervertebral disc displacement , disc protrusion , disc herniation , compression (physics) , degenerative disc disease , lumbar disc disease , complication , lumbar vertebrae , anatomy , spinal cord , psychiatry , materials science , composite material

Intradural disc herniation (IDDH) is a rare complication of intervertebral disc disease and comprises 0.26-0.30% of all herniated discs, with 92% of them located in the lumbar region (1). We present a case of IDDH that presented with intermittent symptoms and signs of cauda equina compression. We were unable to find in the literature, any previously described cases of intermittent cauda equina compression from a herniated intradural disc fragment leading to a "floppy disc syndrome".

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