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| [[Image:Gray_111_-_Vertebral_column-coloured.png|thumb|150px|right|Schematic of the spine. (WC/Gray's Anatomy)]] | | [[Image:Gray_111_-_Vertebral_column-coloured.png|thumb|150px|right|Schematic of the vertebral column. (WC/Gray's Anatomy)]] |
| Pieces of '''spine''' are seen in [[neuropathology]]. | | Pieces of '''spine''' are seen in [[neuropathology]]. |
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| *Synovial cyst. | | *Synovial cyst. |
| *Lumbar wound infection. | | *Lumbar wound infection. |
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| | ==General== |
| | *DDx is can be quite large - see ''[[spinal mass]]''. |
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| ==Synovial cyst== | | ==Synovial cyst== |
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| ==Degenerative disc disease== | | ==Degenerative disc disease== |
| :''Vertebral disc'' redirects here.
| | {{Main|Degenerative disc disease}} |
| ===General===
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| *Herniated disc cause back pain.
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| *May result in ''cauda equina syndrome''.
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| *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>
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:
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| *Benign fibrous tissue.
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| *Nests of chondrocytes (as in immature [[cartilage]]).
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| ====Images====
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| <gallery>
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| Image:Degenerative_disc_disease_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Degenerative disc disease - intermed. mag. (WC)
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| Image:Degenerative_disc_disease_-_high_mag.jpg | Degenerative disc disease - high mag. (WC)
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| </gallery>
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| *[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>
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| *[http://library.aua.edu.ag/webpath/webpath/histhtml/normal/norm004.htm Normal vertebral disc (edu.ag)].
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| ===Sign out===
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| <pre>
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| CERVICAL DISC, DISCECTOMY:
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| - DISC WITH DEGENERATIVE CHANGES.
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| - NO EVIDENCE OF MALIGNANCY.
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| </pre>
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| LUMBAR DISC, DECOMPRESSION:
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| - DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE.
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| </pre>
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| ==Schmorl's node== | | ==Schmorl's node== |