Intradural lumbar disk herniation.

نویسندگان

  • V B Graves
  • H L Finney
  • J Mailander
چکیده

Intradural lumbar disk herniation is an uncommon occurrence in the natural course and clinical spectrum of lumbar disk disease. The reported cases suggest an incidence of 0.13%. This case report presents some of the commonly occurring clinical and radiographic findings in intradural lumbar disk herniation, including those of CT. It also demonstrates the importance of metrizamide-enhanced CT in the evaluation of intradural lesions.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology

دوره 7 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1986