Calcified thoracic disc with herniation of the nucleus pulposus in a child.
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Calcified thoracic disc with herniation of the nucleus pulposus in a child.
A twelve year old boy presented with acute cervical and interscapular pain, torticollis and low grade fever. The neurological examination was normal. Roentgenograms showed calcification of the T3-T4 disc and posterior herniation of the nucleus pulposus was demonstrated by computed tomography. A rapid and dramatic amelioration of the symptoms was produced by treatment with a non-steroidal anti-i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.64.748.160