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Old 10-11-2009, 02:33 AM
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From the very low resolution image... that looks nasty.

With all the appropriate, "I'm not a doctor" qualifiers, I don't think that can be annulus material. That is not how the discs fail and it would not 'flow' like that. The annulus is very tough and fibrous and is very firmly attached. I've not seen a sequester balled up like that before.

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