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

Background: 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.