Journal of Trauma & Treatment

Lumbar Disk Fragments Mimicking Spinal Tumor: A Report of One Illustrative Case and its Review of the Literature

Abstract

Xiaohui Yang, Qin Zhang, Liping Wang, Hongli Yu and Guohui Jie

Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a common disease that induces back pain and radicular pain, with an estimated annual incidence of 5 percent adults, disc fragments in cases that migrated upward or downward or no direct connection between the protruded disc materials and intradural lesions, confusion with spinal tumor, may occur.