Differences in clinical and radiological features of thoracic disc herniation presenting with acute progressive myelopathy.
Hideaki NakajimaShuji WatanabeKazuya HonjohArisa KubotaAkihiko MatsuminePublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2020)
This study suggests that TDH presenting with acute myelopathy may have different clinical and radiological features compared to those of TDH with subacute and chronic myelopathy. Upper TDH should be suspected in cases of acute myelopathy that develops with sudden-onset back pain after certain triggers in younger and higher BMI people. These affected thoracic level matched with the upper line of the sternum in each case.