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GEOGRAPHIC BONE DESTRUCTION [2 records]

Record 1 2010-02-08

English

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

Geographic bone destruction. The geographic pattern is the least aggressive pattern of bone destruction, as it is generally indicative of a slow-growing lesion. The margin of the lesion is well defined and easily separated from the surrounding normal bone. This margin may be smooth or irregular, but in either instance, it is usually clearly demarcated, with a short zone of transition from normal to abnormal bone. Benign bone tumors usually demonstrate geographic bone destruction. Malignant diseases(such as plasma cell myeloma and metastasis) and osteomyelitis(particularly granulomatous infections) can demonstrate a similar pattern of bone destruction, however.

French

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

L'ostéolyse géographique se traduit par une lacune à bords nets, à l'emporte-pièce, parfois polycyclique. La séparation entre os sain et os tumoral est nette. Le cortex peut être soit détruit, soit érodé et aminci, mais conservé; il peut être plus ou moins soufflé. Une ostéolyse de type géographique correspond à un processus d'évolution lente. [D'après EMSQU, 31520, A10, s.d., p. 2.]

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-09-16

English

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

Motheaten bone destruction. The motheaten pattern is a more aggressive pattern of bone destruction, characteristic of a lesion that is more rapidly growing than one that demonstrates geographic bone destruction. The motheaten pattern of bone destruction is associated with a less well defined or demarcated lesional margin and with a longer zone of transition from normal to abnormal bone. Malignant bone tumors and osteomyelitis may demonstrate the motheaten pattern of bone destruction. [From REBON, 1988, p. 3604. ]

French

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

L'ostéolyse mitée apparaît sous forme de multiples petites lacunes plus ou moins confluentes détruisant le cortex. Les limites entre os sain et os pathologique sont imprécises. [D'après EMSQU, 31520, A10, s.d., p. 2.]

OBS

source d : EMSQU, 31520, A10, s.d., p. 2.

Spanish

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