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Case Reports
. 2007 Sep-Oct;27(5):370-2.
doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2007.370.

Spontaneous regression of a herniated cervical disc

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Spontaneous regression of a herniated cervical disc

Mohammed Benzagmout et al. Ann Saudi Med. 2007 Sep-Oct.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Magnetic resonance images in sagittal (a) and axial (b) T2-weighted views revealing large C5–C6 disc extrusion, through a disruption of the anulus fibrosus, eccentric to the left side and compressing the anterior aspect of the spinal cord.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Follow-up MRI in sagittal (a) and axial (b) T2-weighted images showing that the herniated disc completely varnished.

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