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KISSING SPINE [1 record]

Record 1 2017-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Vertebrae and Bone Marrow
Universal entry(ies)
M48.2
classification system code, see observation
DEF

A condition in which the spinous processes of adjacent vertebra are in contact.

OBS

kissing spines: designation used with a singular verb.

OBS

M48.2: code used in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

Key term(s)
  • Baastrup's syndrome
  • Baastrup's disease

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Vertèbres et moelle
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
M48.2
classification system code, see observation
CONT

Maladie de Baastrup. L'hyperlordose et le pincement des disques intervertébraux lombaires permettent le contact répété entre deux ou plusieurs processus épineux, entraînant la dégénérescence des ligaments interépineux, l'irritation du périoste des processus épineux et parfois le développement d'une bursite interépineuse.

OBS

M48.2 : code de la Classification statistique internationale des maladies et des problèmes de santé connexes.

Spanish

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