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POPCORN CALCIFICATIONS [1 record]

Record 1 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Clusters of small, scalloped radiolucencies, each with a sclerotic margin, that are seen in the metaphyses or epiphyses of children with osteogenesis imperfecta. A similar appearance may be seen in multiple enchondromas. [From EISER, 1984, p. 364.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Conglomérat de calcifications correspondant à des opacités de un à trois millimètres observées essentiellement dans la région métaphyso-diaphysaire des os longs. Ces calcifications se retrouvent essentiellement dans les lésions cartilagineuses. [D'après EMSQU, 31485, A10, 1984, p. 2.]

OBS

source c : EMSQU, 31485, A10, 1984, p. 2.

Spanish

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