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SIGNE DECROCHAGE [1 record]

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Record 1 1992-09-16

English

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

A large defect in the femoral head, looking as though a bite had been taken out of it, seen in the late stage of aseptic necrosis. The appearance is due to fragmentation, compression, and resorption of necrotic bone complicating the vascular insufficiency. [From EISER, 1984, p. 304.]

French

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

Enfoncement d'une partie de la tête fémorale siégeant surtout à la partie externe de la surface articulaire au stade avancé de l'ostéonécrose aseptique.

OBS

Signe du décrochage : terme utilisé par les auteurs français.

Spanish

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