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STRIES LOOSER [1 record]

Record 1 1998-09-11

English

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

Transverse ribbonlike radiolucent zones usually found in the tibia and other long bones representing deficient calcification, united but uncalcified pseudofractures, or decalcification along nutrient arteries, characteristically seen on radiographs in osteomalacia, including Milkman's syndrome and rickets.

French

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

Des signes spécifiques existent dans les autres formes d'ostéopénie. Dans l'ostéomalacie, on peut observer des stries de Looser-Milkmann, dans l'hyperparathyroïdie on observe des résorptions sous-périostées.

Key term(s)
  • zones de Looser-Milkman
  • traits de Looser-Milkman
  • stries de Looser
  • zones de Looser
  • traits de Looser

Spanish

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