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Record 1 1992-09-16

English

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

Linear or circular radiolucent collections of gas overlying the intervertebral disks; a sign of degenerative disk disease. [From EISER, 1984, p. 398.]

OBS

In the vertebral column, the vacuum phenomenon can also be localized, less commonly, to the spinal canal, apophyseal joints, soft tissues, and vertebral bodies. [From REBON, 1988, p. 1492.]

French

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

Hypertransparence linéaire observée dans un espace intersomatique, caractéristique d'une dégénérescence discale. [D'après EMSQU, 31312, A20, 1980, p. 9.]

OBS

Au rachis, un phénomène de vide similaire, bien que moins fréquent, peut s'observer également au canal rachidien, aux apophyses, dans les tissus mous et aux corps vertébraux.

OBS

source c : EMSQU, 31312, A20, 1980, p. 9; source d : EMSQU, 31335, A10, 1981, p. 14.

Spanish

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