Two Cases of Iatrogenic Lumbar Foraminal Disc Herniations.

The injection of liquid medicine into the nucleus led the intradiscal pressure increased, and the disc fragment might prolapsed through the raptured region of annulus fibrosus and migrated to cranial central spinal canal by anatomical reason. The disc injection may have a risk for deterioration of foraminal disc herniation. Our report is instructive for the management of discography for the diagnosis of foraminal disc herniations.