Journal of Spine

Daniele Vanni

Publications

• Case Report
  "Kissing Spinal Disc Herniations", An Atypical Pattern of Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Case Report
  Author(s): Daniele Vanni, Renato Galzio, Anna Kazakova, Vincenzo Salini and Vincenzo MaglianiDaniele Vanni, Renato Galzio, Anna Kazakova, Vincenzo Salini and Vincenzo Magliani
  
  Introduction: The purpose of this work is to report a rare variation of lumbar disc herniation (LDH) not previously reported in the literature. Case presentation: We describe this single case of young Caucasian male (23 years) afflicted with a double migrated LDH and we examine the problems associated both with the diagnostic aspects both with the therapeutic approach. According to our knowledge, no cases of simultaneous cranial and caudal migration of two adjacent LDH, with the consequent compression of the same spinal root is reported in literature. Specifically, the caudal migration concerned the fragment of the herniation of the level above, while the cranial migration affected the herniation of the level below. Thus these two fragments were placed towards one another, compressing the same spinal root. This atypical pattern of discs-root.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7939.1000283

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