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Arquivos Brasileiros de Neurocirurgia: Brazilian Neurosurgery 2016; 35(01): 070-073
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1570496
Case Report | Relato de Caso
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Extruded Lumbar Disc Herniation with Spontaneous Reabsorption: Case Report and Review

Reabsorção espontânea de hérnia discal lombar extrusa: relato de caso
Carlos Eduardo da Silva
1   Director, Neurosurgery and Skull Base Surgery Department, Hospital Ernesto Dornelles, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
,
Paulo Eduardo P. de Freitas
2   Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery and Skull Base Surgery Department, Hospital Ernesto Dornelles, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
,
Matheus V. Fernandes
3   Medical Academic, Neurosurgery and Skull Base Surgery Department, Hospital Ernesto Dornelles, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
,
Matheus F. Gomes
3   Medical Academic, Neurosurgery and Skull Base Surgery Department, Hospital Ernesto Dornelles, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
,
Alex Spassim
3   Medical Academic, Neurosurgery and Skull Base Surgery Department, Hospital Ernesto Dornelles, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
,
Ademar S. Mesquita Jr
3   Medical Academic, Neurosurgery and Skull Base Surgery Department, Hospital Ernesto Dornelles, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
,
Geniffer C. Cardoso
3   Medical Academic, Neurosurgery and Skull Base Surgery Department, Hospital Ernesto Dornelles, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
,
Gustavo S. Raupp
3   Medical Academic, Neurosurgery and Skull Base Surgery Department, Hospital Ernesto Dornelles, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
,
Leonardo D. Olijnyk
4   Resident, Neurosurgery and Skull Base Surgery Department, Hospital Ernesto Dornelles, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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04 October 2014

28 August 2015

Publication Date:
08 April 2016 (online)

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Abstract

Disc herniation is a common condition in the population and has a direct impact on the quality of life in patients, also causing functional limitations in the work place. Treatment protocols include conservative management and/or various surgical interventions. This paper reports on a case of symptomatic large extruded disc herniation, together with spontaneous clinical regression and total re-absorption. We show here conservative management, and a literature review of the main pathophysiological hypotheses for such an unusual evolution.

Resumo

Hérnia discal é condição comum na população e tem impacto direto na qualidade de vida dos pacientes, assim como causa limitações funcionais em seu ambiente de trabalho. Protocolos de tratamento incluem manejo conservador e/ou diversos tipos de intervenção cirúrgica. Este artigo relata o caso de uma extensa hérnia extrusa sintomática, juntamente a sua regressão clínica espontânea e sua total reabsorção. Descrevemos também seu manejo conservador e uma revisão da literatura para a principal hipótese diagnóstica nesta evolução incomum.

Keywords

disc herniation - spontaneous regression - disc reabsorption

Palavras-chave

hérnia discal - regressão espontânea - reabsorção discal
 

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