Multiple independent, sequential, and spontaneously resolving lumbar intervertebral disc herniations: A case report

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 549-553

  Reyentovich, Alex ^a   Abdu, William A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar intervertebral disc herniations; Lumbar MRI; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BACK PAIN; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADICULOPATHY; RECURRENCE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STEROIDS;

EID: 0036504653     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200203010-00024     Document Type: Article

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