Affiliation:
1. Faculty of Medicine Saga University Saga Japan
2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Saga University Saga Japan
Abstract
Key Clinical MessageIn middle‐aged and older populations, clinicians often suspect lumbar spine disease when the gait is disturbed with lumbar lower extremity numbness, but spinal herniation at the thoracic level may be causal. Early detection, appropriate treatment, and minimization of complications requires understanding of characteristic magnetic resonance imaging findings of herniation.