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Thoracic disc prolapse presenting with abdominal pain: case report and review of the literature.

Nikolaos Papadakos1, Husam Georges, Naomi Sibtain, Christos M Tolias.   

Abstract

We report the case of a patient presenting with abdominal pain as a result of a thoracic disc prolapse. The literature is reviewed, highlighting the associated morbidity by the often extensive and invasive procedures patients may undergo when a thoracic disc prolapse presents with abdominal pain.

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Year:  2009        PMID: 19622252      PMCID: PMC2758438          DOI: 10.1308/147870809X401038

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Ann R Coll Surg Engl        ISSN: 0035-8843            Impact factor:   1.891


  12 in total

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Authors:  J A EPSTEIN
Journal:  J Neurosurg       Date:  1954-11       Impact factor: 5.115

2.  Thoracic disc herniation presenting with chronic nausea and abdominal pain. A case report.

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Journal:  J Bone Joint Surg Am       Date:  2004-02       Impact factor: 5.284

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Journal:  Orthop Clin North Am       Date:  2007-07       Impact factor: 2.472

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Journal:  Br J Neurosurg       Date:  1989       Impact factor: 1.596

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Journal:  Neurol Clin       Date:  1985-05       Impact factor: 3.806

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7.  Thoracic disk herniation presenting as abdominal and pelvic pain: a case report.

Authors:  Y Xiong; E Lachmann; S Marini; W Nagler
Journal:  Arch Phys Med Rehabil       Date:  2001-08       Impact factor: 3.966

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Authors:  C B Stillerman; T C Chen; W T Couldwell; W Zhang; M H Weiss
Journal:  J Neurosurg       Date:  1998-04       Impact factor: 5.115

9.  Magnetic resonance imaging of the thoracic spine. Evaluation of asymptomatic individuals.

Authors:  K B Wood; T A Garvey; C Gundry; K B Heithoff
Journal:  J Bone Joint Surg Am       Date:  1995-11       Impact factor: 5.284

10.  Chronic abdominal pain caused by thoracic disc herniation.

Authors:  D C Whitcomb; S P Martin; R E Schoen; H D Jho
Journal:  Am J Gastroenterol       Date:  1995-05       Impact factor: 10.864

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Authors:  Francisco Javier Pérez Lara; J Quintero Quesada; J A Moreno Ramiro; R Bustamante Toledo; A Del Rey Moreno; H Oliva Muñoz
Journal:  J Gastrointest Surg       Date:  2015-03-24       Impact factor: 3.452

2.  Atypical presentation of thoracic disc herniation: case series and review of the literature.

Authors:  Ali Shirzadi; Doniel Drazin; Sunil Jeswani; Leah Lovely; John Liu
Journal:  Case Rep Orthop       Date:  2013-04-04

3.  Neurosarcoidosis resulting in thoracic radiculopathy: a case report.

Authors:  Hayam Hamodat; Allen Tran
Journal:  J Med Case Rep       Date:  2019-05-05
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