In this paper, we discuss the unusual case of a painful schmorl node in a man with no relevant history and a. Abnorrnal arrangernent of the lower lumbar and first sacral nerves within the. The protrusions may contact the marrow of the vertebra, leading to inflammation. Author links open overlay panel saeyoung kim seungwon jang. Schmorls nodes were considered a developmental disease 10, a degenerative bone disease 11, discs and vertebral bodies weakening disease 10, or. Pdf painful schmorls node treated by lumbar interbody fusion.
A sports hernia is not a true hernia, but rather a tearing of tissue fibers. Dorsolumbar pain caused by a schmorl hernia sciencedirect. The principle of the vertebroplasty consists in consolidating the portion of the bone below the intra spongy hernia. Reumatologia clinica english edition volume 4, issue 5, 2008, pages 210211. Painful schmorls node treated by lumbar interbody fusion spinal. Pdf a case report of painful lumbar schmorls node is presented. The findings on the mri are suggestive of an acute schmorl node with a t2 hyperintense lesion involving the disc. Surrounding edema and post contrast enhancement, as seen in this case, can be seen in acute herniations but given the history there was concern for metastatic disease which precipitated the schmorl node formation, thus the reason for bone biopsy. Abstract schmorls node a focal herniation of intervertebral disc through the. Radicular pain caused by schmorls node brazilian journal of. Schmorls node a focal herniation of intervertebral disc through the end plate into. Schmorl nodes, also referred as intravertebral disc herniations, refer to protrusions of the cartilage of the intervertebral disc through the vertebral body endplate and into the adjacent vertebra.
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