Alvarez O, Roque C T, Pampati M
Department of Radiology, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794.
J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1988 Jul-Aug;12(4):649-52. doi: 10.1097/00004728-198807000-00024.
Thoracic disk herniation is a disorder that can present clinically perplexing problems for physicians. The true incidence of thoracic disk herniation is difficult to assess with various authors reporting an incidence ranging between 0.15 and 1.8% of all disk herniations. Multiple thoracic disk herniations are rare and, to the best of our knowledge, have received little attention in the orthopedic, neurosurgical, and radiological literature. A retrospective review of 680 myelograms performed at our institution was carried out and only three cases of multilevel thoracic disk herniations were found. We analyze these cases, discuss the relative value of the imaging modalities used in their diagnosis, and review the literature dealing with this interesting disorder.
胸椎间盘突出症是一种在临床上会给医生带来棘手问题的病症。胸椎间盘突出症的真实发病率难以评估，不同作者报告的发病率在所有椎间盘突出症的0.15%至1.8%之间。多节段胸椎间盘突出症较为罕见，据我们所知，在骨科、神经外科和放射学文献中很少受到关注。我们对在本机构进行的680例脊髓造影进行了回顾性研究，仅发现3例多节段胸椎间盘突出症病例。我们分析这些病例，讨论用于其诊断的影像学方法的相对价值，并回顾有关这一有趣病症的文献。
