"What a Pain" - Appreciating Pediatric, Adolescent Lumbar Disc Herniation Pain

Authors

Michael Smith
John Anderson, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow

Files

Document Type

Podcast

Hosts

Michael Smith

Featured Speaker

John T. Anderson, MD

Length of Episode

10:42

Description

Although a commonly recognized condition in adults, herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP) is often an unrecognized cause of back and leg pain in the pediatric/adolescent population. This often leads to a delay in diagnosis and/or inappropriate treatment. HNP is distinct from a "bulged disc", an MRI finding often cited as a cause of pediatric /adolescent back pain. With HNP, patients generally have some element of back pain, but it is the leg pain (radiculopathy) or sciatica that often leads to their presentation to a health care provider.

It is not uncommon for children to present with "sciatic scoliosis", a spinal deformity that is a response to the patient's nerve root irritation. This condition can have a sudden presentation from a traumatic event of occur spontaneously with no known cause.

Join Dr. Anderson and Transformational Pediatrics as we discuss HNP, associated conditions, presentation, and treatment.

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Publication Date

10-15-2016

Recommended Citation

Smith, Michael and Anderson, John, ""What a Pain" - Appreciating Pediatric, Adolescent Lumbar Disc Herniation Pain" (2016). Transformational Pediatrics Podcast. 68.
https://scholarlyexchange.childrensmercy.org/transformational-peds_podcast/68