Discogenic Abdominal Pain.
- Author:
Seokmin CHOI
1
;
Sang ho LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Spine Center, Myongji St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea. nsseokmin@krpost.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Discogenic;
Abdominal pain
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain*;
Child;
Decompression;
Discitis;
Humans;
Inflammation;
Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2005;38(5):384-386
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
There have been several reports about abdominal pain due to discitis in children or thoracic disc herniation. However, none of them could verify causal relationship between disc disease and abdominal pain clearly. The authors report a patient with discogenic abdominal pain who had disc degeneration at lower lumbar level without definite protrusion or any evidence of inflammation. We could reproduce the abdominal pain by using discography. The patient was treated by percutaneous disc decompression successfully.
