A herniated cervical intervertebral disc between C1 and C2—also called a C1–C2 disc herniation or upper cervical disc bulge—is a rare but important cause of ...
Dr. Tracy L. Ansay, MD - Spine and Neurosurgery
A herniated cervical intervertebral disc (often called a “slipped neck disc”) occurs when the soft, jelly-like center (nucleus pulposus) of one of the discs ...
Physicians need reliable terms that describe normal and pathologic conditions of lumbar discs. Terms that can be interpreted accurately, consistently, and ...
A contained recess bulged cervical intervertebral disc occurs when the annulus fibrosus (the tough, fibrous outer ring of a cervical disc) weakens and balloons ...
A lateral recess bulged cervical intervertebral disc—often called a cervical disc bulge in the lateral recess—occurs when the soft inner core of a neck disc ...
A degenerative bulged cervical intervertebral disc occurs when the fibrous outer ring (annulus fibrosus) of a neck disc weakens or tears over time, allowing ...
A paramedian bulged cervical intervertebral disc occurs when the gel-like nucleus pulposus inside a cervical disc pushes outward against the outer annulus ...
A broad-based bulged cervical intervertebral disc occurs when the outer ring (annulus fibrosus) of one of the neck’s spinal discs weakens and bulges outward, ...
An extraforaminal bulged cervical intervertebral disc occurs when the outer portion of a spinal disc in the neck (cervical spine) protrudes laterally beyond ...
A foraminal bulged cervical intervertebral disc occurs when the tough outer ring (annulus fibrosus) of a cervical spinal disc weakens or degenerates and ...
A lateral bulged cervical intervertebral disc occurs when one of the soft, gel-like cushions (intervertebral discs) between the bones of your neck (cervical ...
A paracentral bulged cervical intervertebral disc occurs when the soft inner core of a cervical disc (nucleus pulposus) pushes outward against the tougher ...
A diffuse bulged cervical intervertebral disc—also called a circumferential disc bulge—occurs when the outer layer of a cervical spinal disc protrudes ...
An asymmetric bulged cervical intervertebral disc is when one of the fibrocartilaginous cushions between the bones of your neck sticks out more on one side ...
A focal bulged cervical intervertebral disc is a localized protrusion of the soft disc tissue between two neck vertebrae, where the outer layers of the disc ...
A circumferential bulged cervical intervertebral disc is a type of disc bulge in the neck region where the outer ring of the intervertebral disc (the annulus ...
A posterolateral prolapsed cervical intervertebral disc—often called a “herniated neck disc”—occurs when the soft, gelatinous center (nucleus pulposus) of a ...
A prolapsed paramedian cervical intervertebral disc is a condition where the inner gel-like core of a cervical (neck) spinal disc pushes out toward one side ...
Prolapsed median cervical intervertebral disc—also known as a central cervical disc herniation—occurs when the jelly-like nucleus pulposus of one of the six ...
A prolapsed subarticular cervical intervertebral disc—often called a herniated “bulging” disc in the neck—occurs when the soft center (nucleus pulposus) of one ...
