Varicosis of the venous epidural plexus caused by portocaval hypertension mimicking symptomatic lumbar disc herniation: case report and review of the literature

Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2011 Aug;72(3):155-8. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1246131. Epub 2010 Mar 31.

Authors

L Siam¹, V Rohde

Affiliation

¹ Georg-August-University Göttingen, Department of Neurosurgery, Germany. lsiam@med.uni-goettingen.de

PMID: 20358505
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1246131

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Epidural Space / blood supply*
Epidural Space / pathology*
Hepatitis, Alcoholic / complications
Humans
Hypertension, Portal / complications*
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Intervertebral Disc Displacement / diagnosis*
Lumbar Vertebrae
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Microsurgery
Middle Aged
Neurosurgical Procedures
Regional Blood Flow
Sciatica / complications
Sciatica / diagnostic imaging
Sciatica / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Varicose Veins / pathology*