Resorption of upwardly displaced lumbar disk herniation after nonsurgical treatment: A case report

Figure 1 Magnetic resonance imaging obtained at the patient’s initial visit. A: Sagittal T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging revealed an L4/5 lumbar disk herniation moved upward to above the L4/5 disc level, lying behind the L4 vertebral body; B and C: Axial T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging revealed that the lumbar disk herniation compressed the L4 nerve root at the left posterolateral of the L4 vertebral body.

Figure 2 Magnetic resonance imaging obtained 10 wk after the patient’s initial visit. A: Sagittal T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging revealed that most of the upwardly displaced disc material had disappeared; B and C: Axial T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging revealed that a small amount of herniated disc material was visible at the left posterolateral of the L4 vertebral body and the L4/5 disc.

Figure 3 Magnetic resonance imaging obtained 2 years after the patient’s initial visit. A: Sagittal T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed the upwardly displaced disc material had almost completely disappeared; B: Axial T2-weighted MRI revealed that a small amount of herniated disc material was visible at the left posterolateral of the L4 vertebral body; and C: Axial T2-weighted MRI revealed that the herniated disc material at the left posterolateral of the L4/5 disc had disappeared.