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  • Title: Intervertebral disc calcification in childhood--a case report and review of the literature.
    Author: Gerlach R, Zimmermann M, Kellermann S, Lietz R, Raabe A, Seifert V.
    Journal: Acta Neurochir (Wien); 2001; 143(1):89-93. PubMed ID: 11345723.
    Abstract:
    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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