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BLOWN-OUT APPEARANCE [1 record]

Record 1 1992-09-16

English

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

The appearance resulting from an eccentric lytic lesion characterized by a saccular cortical expansion with multiple fine septae internally, as seen in aneurysmal bone cyst.

OBS

Improperly termed blister of bone.

French

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

Saillie de l'os cortical par un processus évolutif endo-osseux, en principe bénin, tel que le kyste osseux anévrysmal. La corticale, très amincie en regard d'une lacune de la plage osseuse, bombe à l'extérieur en faisant une saillie arciforme d'un seul tenant ou, plus rarement, bosselée en verre soufflé. (D'après TRIAR, 1974, volume 3, p. 24 et IRMOE, 1989, p. 446.]

Spanish

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