Progression of a lumbar disc extrusion.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.2519/jospt.2014.0413.
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Abstract
The patient was a 34-year-old woman who was referred to a physical therapist for a chief complaint of progressively worsening right buttock pain with paresthesias of the right posterior thigh and calf. Prior magnetic resonance imaging of the patient's lumbar spine revealed a large left paracentral disc extrusion at L5-S1. Following physical therapist intervention, the patient reported a new onset of left posterior thigh pain, with paresthesias of the dorsolateral aspect of the left foot. Repeat magnetic resonance imaging of the patient's lumbar spine revealed an increase in the size of the disc extrusion at L5-S1.
Medical subject headings
- Intervertebral Disc Displacement
- Lumbar Vertebrae
Anatomy
- lumbar spine