CERVICAL INTERVERTEBRAL DISC CALCIFICATION IN CHILDHOOD : A REPORT OF TWO CASES

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Calcification of intervertebral disc in children is uncommon, usually transient in nature, and at times productive of acute symptoms such as pain and limitation of motion of the affected portion of the spine. Fourteen of such cases have been reported in our country, since Mizumachi reported calcification of thoraco-lumbar intervertebral discs in a thirteen-year-old girl. In this paper, we reported two cases of cervical intervertebral disc calcification in children; <BR>Case (1) is a seven-year-old boy who came to us complaining of nuchal pain and stiff neck.Calcification of the intervertebral disc was found roentogenographically between the fourth and fifth cervical vertebrae. The boy was soon symptom-free and the calcification disappeared four months later.<BR>Case (2) is a eight-year-old boy, who also came to us complaining of nuchal pain, and calcification of the intervertebral disc was found between the fourth and fifth cervical vertebrae. He was symptom-free after a week, but after a long-term follow up, the calcification still remains partially and flattening of the fifth cervical vertebra is seen.
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