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==Degenerative disc disease==
==Degenerative disc disease==
:''Vertebral disc'' redirects here.
{{Main|Degenerative disc disease}}
===General===
*Herniated disc cause back pain.
*May result in ''cauda equina syndrome''.
*Composed of ''fibrous cartilage''.<ref>URL: [http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/CorePages/Cartilage/Cartil.htm http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/CorePages/Cartilage/Cartil.htm]. Accessed on: 2 January 2010.</ref>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Benign fibrous tissue.
*Nests of chondrocytes (as in immature [[cartilage]]).
 
====Images====
<gallery>
Image:Degenerative_disc_disease_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Degenerative disc disease - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image:Degenerative_disc_disease_-_high_mag.jpg | Degenerative disc disease - high mag. (WC)
</gallery>
www:
*[http://radiology.rsna.org/content/245/1/43/F3.expansion.html Degenerative disk disease (rsna.org)].<ref name=pmid17885180>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Modic | first1 = MT. | last2 = Ross | first2 = JS. | title = Lumbar degenerative disk disease. | journal = Radiology | volume = 245 | issue = 1 | pages = 43-61 | month = Oct | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1148/radiol.2451051706 | PMID = 17885180 }}</ref>
*[http://library.aua.edu.ag/webpath/webpath/histhtml/normal/norm004.htm Normal vertebral disc (edu.ag)].
 
===Sign out===
<pre>
CERVICAL DISC, DISCECTOMY:
- DISC WITH DEGENERATIVE CHANGES.
- NO EVIDENCE OF MALIGNANCY.
</pre>
 
<pre>
LUMBAR DISC, DECOMPRESSION:
- DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE.
</pre>


==Schmorl's node==
==Schmorl's node==
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