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TONGUELIKE DEFECT [1 record]

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Record 1 1992-09-16

English

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

In mucopolysaccharidoses, the vertebrae, especially in the lower thoracic and upper lumbar regions, appear hypoplastic with a "tonguelike" defect anteriorly. [From MESRO, 1984, vol. 2, p. 153.]

OBS

tonguelike defect (of vertebra).

French

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

L'association de vertèbres en languettes et d'agénésie de l'odontoïde chez un enfant doit faire évoquer le diagnostic de mucopolysaccharidose.

Spanish

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