[Dorso-lumbar pain caused by a schmorl hernia].
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چکیده
Thoracic and lumbar spine conditions cause primarily mechanical back pain, although the clinician has to ensure that the symptoms are not from another etiology. We present the case of a patient with thoracic and lumbar non mechanical pain, resistant to treatment, diagnosed with a herniation of the intervertebral disc through the vertebral end-plate. We also performed a literature review.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Reumatologia clinica
دوره 4 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008