RT Journal
A1 Imagama, Shiro
A1 Wakao, Norimitsu
A1 Ando, Kei
A1 Tauchi, Ryoji
A1 Tsuboi, Akiko
A1 Ishiguro, Naoki
T1 Conservative Treatment for Cervical Radiculopathy Due to Extensive Foraminal Disc Calcification in ChildrenA Case Report
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2011
FD August 17
VO 93
IS 16
SP e93 1
OP 5
DO 10.2106/JBJS.K.00053
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.K.00053
AB 
Intervertebral disc calcification is a rare but well-recognized condition in children1-4. Intervertebral disc calcification mostly involves the cervical spine, and the most common symptom is neck pain, which usually disappears in a few days after symptomatic treatment, with subsequent disappearance of calcification on imaging studies within a few weeks to months5-7. Intervertebral disc calcification is a self-limiting condition with an excellent prognosis, and it rarely results in a neurologic deficit8-11. Therefore, surgical treatment is reserved for rare cases presenting with severe radicular pain, muscle weakness, or myelopathy due to nerve-root or spinal cord compression12-14. Surgery has been performed because of progressive neurologic deficits, including myelopathy, in several cases of intervertebral disc calcification12,15-18, with reports that the outcomes after surgical treatment were more favorable than those after conservative treatment13,19,20.