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01-19-2007, 04:52 PM
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Is there a diagnostic term for this?
On my discogram, the painful disc showed up on the scan as being mottled, like a cheetahs' spots. Is this just degeneration, or is there another term for it? My surgeon only said that it shouldn't look like that, the dye should've stayed in the center like it did on the other levels. This is just my curiosity, as I am no longer the unproud owner of that disc (it's now a ProDisc) but I'm still for some reason looking for the answers of why I had such pain with an MRI that so many people said was 'normal' aside from decreased disc height. Anyone know if there is a term for this mottled look?
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Herniated disc lifting at age 19 Laminectomy at L4-5 in 1998, repeat in 2001 same level 13 docs, 9 PT's, 8 Epidurals, 3 trigger point inj, 1 Facet Block, 1 Acupuncturist, 3 Chiros and 1 child later, had L4-5 ProDisc placed 9-19-06 by Dr. Janssen in Denver, CO. Facet rhizo March, 2007, November 2007, January 2009 Had healthy baby boy #2 in Dec 2008 with use of some meds during pregnancy and nursing. 
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01-19-2007, 09:52 PM
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did you have any intradiscal treatment? IDET? intradiscal injections? The more severe the DDD, the more disrupted the nucleus is. You would not believe how different the tissue feels compared to healthy nucleus material.) What did Dr. J say about it after your surgery? Did he note it?
Mark
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1997 MVA 2000 L4-5 Microdiscectomy/laminotomy 2001 L5-S1 Micro-d/lami 2002 L4-S1 Charite' ADR - SUCCESS! 2009 C3-C4, C5-C6-C7, T1-T2 ProDisc-C Nova Summer 2009, more bad thoracic discs! Life After Surgery Website President: Global Patient Network, Inc. Founder: www.iSpine.org
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01-20-2007, 03:13 AM
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Dr J said that there was 'nothing left of the disc-no wonder it hurt!' That was it. I never had anything done to the nucleus, only the two lami's. That's why I was wondering if that might have been causing some of my pain, since people have decreased disc height all the time without pain. I was also curious if that was the same thing as an annular tear. Do you know what that looks like on discogram?
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Herniated disc lifting at age 19 Laminectomy at L4-5 in 1998, repeat in 2001 same level 13 docs, 9 PT's, 8 Epidurals, 3 trigger point inj, 1 Facet Block, 1 Acupuncturist, 3 Chiros and 1 child later, had L4-5 ProDisc placed 9-19-06 by Dr. Janssen in Denver, CO. Facet rhizo March, 2007, November 2007, January 2009 Had healthy baby boy #2 in Dec 2008 with use of some meds during pregnancy and nursing.
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01-20-2007, 08:28 PM
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An annular tear is a hole in the disc annulus. It often appears as a high intensity zone (HIZ) or bright spot on an MRI. They often don't show at all on MRI... it depends on where the tear is in relation to the 'slices' that are taken. Annular tear is different than talking about appearance of disc nucleus.
Mark
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1997 MVA 2000 L4-5 Microdiscectomy/laminotomy 2001 L5-S1 Micro-d/lami 2002 L4-S1 Charite' ADR - SUCCESS! 2009 C3-C4, C5-C6-C7, T1-T2 ProDisc-C Nova Summer 2009, more bad thoracic discs! Life After Surgery Website President: Global Patient Network, Inc. Founder: www.iSpine.org
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