Summary
Five patients with herniated intervertebral disk had undergone a preoperative CT examination with intravenous contrast medium. In 2 cases, intense enhancement was seen around the prolapsed disk. In 1 case, there was an arachnoideal thickening over the herniation, but in the other case, nothing unusual was found around the prolapse at operation. The etiology of the phenomenon is discussed.
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Raininko, R., Törmä, T. Contrast enhancement around a prolapsed disk. Neuroradiology 24, 49–51 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344584
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344584