INTRADURAL RUPTURE OF CERVICAL VERTEBRAL DISC

Study Design. The authors discuss their experience with a patient who had cervical intradural disc herniation and relate the case to the rel evant literature. Objectives. The patient was evaluated with direct ra diographies, myelography, electromyography, and computerized tomograph y, as well as with neurologic examination. The follow-up period was 10 months post-operative. Summary of Background Data. Intradural disc he rniation is a rare pathology nearly always confined to the lumbar regi on. In 1989, Katooka et al reviewed the existing literature and discov ered 70 cases. Cervical intradural disc herniation, on the other hand, is much rarer, and there are only five cases in the literature. Metho ds. The patient's neurologic, neuroradiologic, and operative findings were evaluated and compared with the cases reported in the literature. Conclusions. The five patients in the literature had signs of cord co mpression, but the present patient is the first with root compression.