Is there a diagnostic term for this?
On my discogram, the painful disc showed up on the scan as being mottled, like a cheetahs' spots. Is this just degeneration, or is there another term for it? My surgeon only said that it shouldn't look like that, the dye should've stayed in the center like it did on the other levels. This is just my curiosity, as I am no longer the unproud owner of that disc (it's now a ProDisc) but I'm still for some reason looking for the answers of why I had such pain with an MRI that so many people said was 'normal' aside from decreased disc height. Anyone know if there is a term for this mottled look?
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Herniated disc lifting at age 19
Laminectomy at L4-5 in 1998, repeat in 2001 same level
13 docs, 9 PT's, 8 Epidurals, 3 trigger point inj, 1 Facet Block, 1 Acupuncturist, 3 Chiros and 1 child later, had L4-5 ProDisc placed 9-19-06 by Dr. Janssen in Denver, CO. Facet rhizo March, 2007, November 2007, January 2009
Had healthy baby boy #2 in Dec 2008 with use of some meds during pregnancy and nursing.
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