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Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar
On-line version ISSN 1561-3046
Abstract
GIL CRUZ, Juan J.; FELIPE MORAN, Armando; QUINTANAL CORDERO, Nelson and DE LA PAZ RIVERO, Mario. Hernia discal lumbar en el adolescente: Presentación de 2 casos. Rev Cub Med Mil [online]. 2001, vol.30, n.4, pp. 272-275. ISSN 1561-3046.
Two l6-year-old female patients, students, suffering from acute unilateral lumbo-sciatic pain that were initially treated in a conservative manner by the family physician are presented. They were studied and diagnosed a L5-Sl lumbar disk herniation by studies of computed tomography and myelography. Both underwent surgery and their clinical picture improved.
Keywords : INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT [diagnosis]; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT [surgery]; ADOLESCENCE; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYELOGRAPHY.