A majority of herniated discs occur between the fourth and fifth lumbar segments of the spine or between the fifth lumbar segment and the first sacral segment. In the latter case, the weak spot in the outer core of the disc is directly underneath the spinal nerve root, and the herniated di...
9. I think doctors like House cling to objectivity like a three-year-old to a blanket. Don't get too worked up. Stay calm. Stay cool and maintain the correct perspective. The only flaw in their argument is that when you have millions of people dying, the correct perspective is to be ...
This may have several causes, one of which is pressure from a ruptured disc in the lumbar spine. Cauda equine syndrome occurs in only one to fifteen percent of herniated disc patients and usually requires surgical decompression. If the onset of the syndrome is very sudden and acute, it is ...
Guestover a year ago I'm 57 years old male and 2 months ago I was diagnosed with a herniated vertebral disc in the lumbar area. I have been taking pain meds since, the doctor didn’t want me to go to surgery so soon. The defect in the disc wasn’t that big and he thought that...
MRI heart. Lumbar MRI. MRI angiography. MRI venography, which facilitates the detection of thrombi and heart attacks, among others. Sometimes it may be necessary for the patient to be administered, intravenously in the hand or arm, some contrast medium. This has the purpose of altering the pr...
Do not enter the MRI room with anything metal. Metal can cause serious injury. Tell the healthcare provider if you have any metal in or on your body. A myelography is an x-ray of your spinal cord. Contrast liquid will be injected into the area around your spinal cord before the ...
A lumbar puncture (spinal tap), x-ray, CT, or MRI may also be needed.How is AML treated?You may have treatment in phases. In the first phase (induction phase), healthcare providers will give you treatments to make your AML go into remission. Remission means there are no longer any si...
contrast agent: a liquid (usually iodine or gadolinium) that is injected into your body to make certain tissues show up clearly during diagnostic imaging (angiography, CT, myelogram, MRI).disc (intervertebral disc): a fibrocartilagenous cushion that separate spinal vertebrae. Has two parts, a ...
A gel pack may help numb pain caused by a damaged cervical plexus. The sacral plexus is located in the back of thepelvis, and provides the nerves for the pelvic area, genitals, and buttocks. It also provides some of the nerves for the legs and feet. Since the sacral and lumbar plexus...
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lumbar spine revealed a well-circumscribed mass lesion in the posterior compartment of the L4 vertebral body, with extension into the ventral epidural space and both foramina. The mass showed hypointensity on T1-, T2-weighted images and strong homogeneous ...