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Record 1 2000-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

Trabeculae of new bone radiating outward from a central focal point, characteristic of osteosarcoma. [From TUROR, 1984, p. 655 and SALMU, 1983, p. 324.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Image spiculaire observée dans l'ostéosarcome. Les spicules divergent plus ou moins les uns par rapport aux autres suivant qu'ils sont implantés au centre ou à la périphérie de la zone corticale réactionnelle, de telle sorte que les spicules centraux qui sont aussi les plus longs sont dirigés perpendiculairement par rapport à l'os, alors que les spicules externes sont de plus en plus obliques. [D'après TRIAR, 1974, vol. 3, pp. 123, 124.]

Spanish

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