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Anterior cervical disc herniation. Case report
K L Bernardo1, R L Grubb, W S Coxe
1Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Journal of Neurosurgery
|July 1, 1988
Abstract:
A 39-year-old man with an extrinsic esophageal lesion was found to have an anterior herniation of a soft degenerated cervical disc. Only two cases of symptomatic anterior cervical disc herniation have been reported previously. Dysphagia produced by anterior cervical osteophytes is more common and is a recognized clinical entity. Asymptomatic anterior cervical disc herniation may play a key role in the pathogenesis of anterior cervical osteophytes.