TY  - JOUR
T1  - Conservative Treatment for Cervical Radiculopathy Due to Extensive Foraminal Disc Calcification in ChildrenA Case Report
AU  - Imagama, Shiro
AU  - Wakao, Norimitsu
AU  - Ando, Kei
AU  - Tauchi, Ryoji
AU  - Tsuboi, Akiko
AU  - Ishiguro, Naoki
Y1  - 2011/08/17
N1  - 10.2106/JBJS.K.00053
JO  - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
SP  - e93 1
EP  - 5
VL  - 93
IS  - 16
N2  - 
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.

SN  - 0021-9355
M3  - doi: 10.2106/JBJS.K.00053
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.K.00053
ER  -