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'''Schmorl's nodes''' is a benign pathology of the vertebral column in which part of the vertebral disc  herniates into a vertebra.<ref name=pmid23955279>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mattei | first1 = TA. | last2 = Rehman | first2 = AA. | title = Schmorl's nodes: current pathophysiological, diagnostic, and therapeutic paradigms. | journal = Neurosurg Rev | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Aug | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1007/s10143-013-0488-4 | PMID = 23955279 }}</ref>

==General==
*Very common.<ref name=pmid19531985>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Dar | first1 = G. | last2 = Peleg | first2 = S. | last3 = Masharawi | first3 = Y. | last4 = Steinberg | first4 = N. | last5 = May | first5 = H. | last6 = Hershkovitz | first6 = I. | title = Demographical aspects of Schmorl nodes: a skeletal study. | journal = Spine (Phila Pa 1976) | volume = 34 | issue = 9 | pages = E312-5 | month = Apr | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181995fc5 | PMID = 19531985 }}</ref>
*Essentially a radiologic diagnosis.
*Not associated with [[osteopenia]].<ref name=pmid11756740>{{Cite journal  | last1 = González-Reimers | first1 = E. | last2 = Mas-Pascual | first2 = M. | last3 = Arnay-De-La-Rosa | first3 = M. | last4 = Velasco-Vázquez | first4 = J. | last5 = Santolaria-Fernández | first5 = F. | title = Schmorl nodes: lack of relationship between degenerative changes and osteopenia. | journal = Radiology | volume = 222 | issue = 1 | pages = 293-4 | month = Jan | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1148/radiol.2221011147 | PMID = 11756740 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Spine]].

==References==
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