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WIMBERGERS SIGN SCURVY [1 record]

Record 1 2011-01-18

English

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

A radiodense shell around the epiphyseal ossification centers of tubular bones and in the carpus and tarsus, accentuated by central rarefaction, seen in scurvy.

French

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

Signe radiologique du scorbut infantile consistant en un cercle opaque autour du noyau épiphysaire des os longs qui présente une décalcification centrale.

Spanish

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