Hamilton M G, Thomas H G
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Neurosurgery. 1990 Sep;27(3):482-4. doi: 10.1097/00006123-199009000-00027.
A case of intradural herniation of a thoracic disc in a patient with a flaccid paraplegia is described. Intradural herniation of a thoracic disc is considered a rare event. A review of the relevant patient literature revealed 14 other reports involving 28 patients. No other report has described a patient with an intradural thoracic disc herniation who developed a flaccid paraplegia.