Schmorls nodes are herniations of intervertebral discs that push on the adjacent vertebrae. They are most often painless but can sometimes cause acute lower back pain. Schmorl’s nodes ...

Schmorl’s nodes are a type of herniated disk that can affect the spine. They occur when tissue inside the disks slips out and pushes up or down into adjacent vertebrae. They are not cancerous ...

Study design: A case report of painful lumbar Schmorl's node is presented. Objective: To describe diagnostic evidence and the result of surgical treatment of a rare case of painful Schmorl's node.

researchers found disc degeneration was highly associated with low back pain when combined with endplate signal change or Schmorl node. In a cross-sectional patient study, the researchers examined ...