Familial lumbar spinal stenosis with acute disc herniations. Case reports of four brothers

J Neurosurg. 1979 Aug;51(2):234-6. doi: 10.3171/jns.1979.51.2.0234.

Abstract

The case histories are reported of four brothers with lumbosciatic syndrome due to acute disc herniations, and associated spinal stenosis. Hereditary factors, although not hitherto reported, may be implicated for these spinal lesions, as the parents had also undergone spinal operations previously.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Constriction, Pathologic / complications
  • Constriction, Pathologic / genetics
  • Humans
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / complications
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / diagnostic imaging
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / genetics*
  • Male
  • Myelography
  • Spinal Canal*
  • Spinal Diseases / complications
  • Spinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Diseases / genetics