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'''Schmorl's node''' 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> | '''Schmorl's node''' 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> | ||
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*May cause severe back pain.<ref name=pmid23741552>{{Cite journal | last1 = Abu-Ghanem | first1 = S. | last2 = Ohana | first2 = N. | last3 = Abu-Ghanem | first3 = Y. | last4 = Kittani | first4 = M. | last5 = Shelef | first5 = I. | title = Acute schmorl node in dorsal spine: an unusual cause of a sudden onset of severe back pain in a young female. | journal = Asian Spine J | volume = 7 | issue = 2 | pages = 131-5 | month = Jun | year = 2013 | doi = 10.4184/asj.2013.7.2.131 | PMID = 23741552 }}</ref> | |||
==General== | ==General== | ||
Revision as of 18:09, 21 October 2013
Schmorl's node is a benign pathology of the vertebral column in which part of the vertebral disc herniates into a vertebra.[1]
Clinical:
- May cause severe back pain.[2]
General
- Very common.[3]
- Essentially a radiologic diagnosis.
- Not associated with osteopenia.[4]
- May be associated with trauma.[5]
Radiology
Schmorl's node. (WC)
See also
References
- ↑ Mattei, TA.; Rehman, AA. (Aug 2013). "Schmorl's nodes: current pathophysiological, diagnostic, and therapeutic paradigms.". Neurosurg Rev. doi:10.1007/s10143-013-0488-4. PMID 23955279.
- ↑ Abu-Ghanem, S.; Ohana, N.; Abu-Ghanem, Y.; Kittani, M.; Shelef, I. (Jun 2013). "Acute schmorl node in dorsal spine: an unusual cause of a sudden onset of severe back pain in a young female.". Asian Spine J 7 (2): 131-5. doi:10.4184/asj.2013.7.2.131. PMID 23741552.
- ↑ Dar, G.; Peleg, S.; Masharawi, Y.; Steinberg, N.; May, H.; Hershkovitz, I. (Apr 2009). "Demographical aspects of Schmorl nodes: a skeletal study.". Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 34 (9): E312-5. doi:10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181995fc5. PMID 19531985.
- ↑ González-Reimers, E.; Mas-Pascual, M.; Arnay-De-La-Rosa, M.; Velasco-Vázquez, J.; Santolaria-Fernández, F. (Jan 2002). "Schmorl nodes: lack of relationship between degenerative changes and osteopenia.". Radiology 222 (1): 293-4. doi:10.1148/radiol.2221011147. PMID 11756740.
- ↑ Walters, G.; Coumas, JM.; Akins, CM.; Ragland, RL. (Oct 1991). "Magnetic resonance imaging of acute symptomatic Schmorl's node formation.". Pediatr Emerg Care 7 (5): 294-6. PMID 1754491.