Progressive scoliosis with vertebral rotation after lumbar intervertebral disc herniation in a 10-year-old girl

Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1993 Mar 1;18(3):336-8. doi: 10.1097/00007632-199303000-00005.

Abstract

A case report of a 10-year old girl with a herniated disc is presented. The most significant symptoms were progressive scoliosis with a flat back and paravertebral muscle spasm. An absent H reflex on the left and an increased latency of the somatosensory-evoked potentials of the left posterior tibial nerve were found. The computed tomographic scan of the lumbar spine showed a large central left-sided disc protrusion at the L5-S1 level. Our case presents the youngest patient with documented intervertebral disc herniation and the only one with severe scoliosis and vertebral rotation. The curve was not structural because it improved with surgery and an orthosis was not necessary.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / complications*
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / diagnostic imaging*
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / surgery
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging*
  • Myelography
  • Pain
  • Scoliosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Scoliosis / etiology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed