Intervertebral disk space calcification

Girodias, Jean-Bernard; Azouz, E. Michel; Marton, Dominique

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“…L'espace le plus touché est C6-C7. Les C.D.I asymptomatiques se situent essentiellement à l'étage thoracique [ 10 ]. Les symptômes les plus souvent retrouvés, regroupent des douleurs cervicales, des dorsalgies, une diminution de la mobilité rachidienne, une contracture, une raideur para-vertébrale pouvant être responsable d'un torticolis, une fièvre modérée, qui représentent 75% des cas [ 6 ] Alors que les formes asymptomatiques 25% des cas, sont des découvertes d'examen systématique en particulier à l'occasion de radiographie pulmonaire [ 6 ].…”

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Calcifications discales intervertébrales chez l’enfant: à propos de deux cas

Kouamo¹,

Nour²,

Gennar³

et al. 2016

Pan Afr Med J

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Les calcifications discales sont le plus souvent révélées chez l'enfant, par des crises douloureuses rachidiennes. Leur localisation cervicale, semble être la plus fréquente. Cependant, les autres localisations sont moins symptomatiques et pourraient ainsi passer inaperçues. Nous rapportons deux observations d'enfants hospitalisés pour des calcifications discales cervicales symptomatiques. Il s'agit : du cas d'une fillette âgée de quatre ans et demi ayant présenté un torticolis, révélateur de la migration d'une calcification discale jusque-là asymptomatique ; et de celui du garçon âgé de 05 ans venu pour cervicalgie aigue et chez qui une calcification discale a été retrouvée. Leur traitement était essentiellement conservateur. Les calcifications discales intervertébrales de l'enfant sont une pathologie rare dont l'étiopathogénie reste inconnue. Leur diagnostic ne doit pas se faire sans un examen neurologique attentif et une imagerie devant des douleurs rachidiennes inexpliquées chez l'enfant.

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Calcifications discales intervertébrales chez l’enfant: à propos de deux cas

Kouamo¹,

Nour²,

Gennar³

et al. 2016

Pan Afr Med J

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“…18The incidence of asymptomatic patients is approximately 17 to 30%. 6,13,16,20 IVDC has been associated with congenital malformations such as cardiac and bone anomalies, but this is the exception rather than the rule. 2 ,9,18…”

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Intervertebral disc calcification in children

Magnus

1998

S. Afr. j. radiol.

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Symptomatic cervical intervertebral disc calcification in children presents with characteristic signs and symptoms, and usually has a benign, self-limiting and predictable course. The radiological images of the spine likewise have typical appearances, with a recognisable pattern and following a predetermined course. A case report of this uncommon condition in an 8-year-old boy illustrates most of the clinical and radiological findings in this entity.

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“…It is generally asymptomatic and incidentally diagnosed during evaluations of nonspecific clinical complaints. [ 1 ] Clinical relevance of such finding is limited to rare symptomatic cases.…”

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“…Surgical therapy is required in rare cases associated with neurological symptoms due to posterior herniations causing medullary/nervous compression, while conservative therapy is usually satisfactory. [ 1 ]…”

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“…Mild deformities of adjacent vertebral bodies, disc herniations and involvement of spinal cord, nerve roots or adjacent ligament can also be demonstrated. [ 1 ] Although CT is better tolerated because of shorter duration, MRI is better as second-level-method because it doesn’t imply children exposition to ionizing radiations and allows better evaluation of discs, adjacent soft structures, spongy bone edema, and spinal cord/nerve roots compression. [ 4 ] On MRI, idiopathic IDC of children apper as hypointense disc spots on T1- and T2-weighted images.…”

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Intervertebral disc calcification in childhood: Case report and review of relevant literature

Favia¹,

Salvati

Chiumarulo

et al. 2015

J Craniovert Jun Spine

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The authors report the case of a 10-year-old girl with intervertebral disc calcifications from the levels C6/C7 to Th1/Th2, presenting with a herniated calcified intervertebral disc at the C7/Th1 level, causing spinal cord compression with subsequent progressive paresis and sensory loss of her left leg. After anterior cervical discectomy and fusion the neurological deficits completely resolved within 2 weeks. It can be concluded that calcification of an intervertebral disc is a rare syndrome in childhood, causing progressive neurological deficit only in a few reported cases. Although the treatment of choice is conservative, surgery is required in patients who develop progressive neurological deficit

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Intervertebral disk space calcification

Cited by 58 publications

References 41 publications

Calcifications discales intervertébrales chez l’enfant: à propos de deux cas

Calcifications discales intervertébrales chez l’enfant: à propos de deux cas

Intervertebral disc calcification in children

Intervertebral disc calcification in childhood: Case report and review of relevant literature

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