INTRARADICULAR DISC HERNIATION - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Intradural disc herniation accounts for <0.3% of all disc herniations. Intraradicular disc herniation accounts for 4.1% of all such cases. P reoperative diagnosis is difficult, and a high index of suspicion duri ng surgery is required for the diagnosis. We present a patient with in traradicular disc herniation in the lumbar region whose symptoms were severe enough to recommend surgery. The myelogram showed a block at th e involved nerve root. Diagnosis of intraradicular herniation was made during surgery. The symptoms were immediately relieved by surgery. Th e literature on intradural and intraradicular disc herniation is revie wed.