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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)].
 
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CERVICAL DISC, DISCECTOMY:
- DISC WITH DEGENERATIVE CHANGES.
- NO EVIDENCE OF MALIGNANCY.
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LUMBAR DISC, DECOMPRESSION:
- DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE.
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==Schmorl's node==
==Schmorl's node==

Revision as of 22:51, 23 December 2014

Schematic of the vertebral column. (WC/Gray's Anatomy)

Pieces of spine are seen in neuropathology.

Common specimens

  • Synovial cyst.
  • Lumbar wound infection.

Synovial cyst

General

  • May cause back pain.[1]

Microscopic

Features:

  • Simple epithelium.

Notes:

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WRIST LESION ("GANGLION"), EXCISION:
- BENIGN SYNOVIAL CYST.

Degenerative disc disease

Main article: Degenerative disc disease

Schmorl's node

Main article: Schmorl's node

Vertebral fracture

This deals with benign vertebral fractures.

General

Microscopic

Features:

  • Non-viable bone.

DDx:

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L11 VERTEBRA, BIOPSY:
- BENIGN FRAGMENTS OF BONE.
- BENIGN FIBROCONNECTIVE TISSUE.
- BONE MARROW WITH TRILINEAGE HEMATOPOIESIS.
- NO EVIDENCE OF MALIGNANCY.

See also

References

  1. ↑ URL: http://www.spineuniverse.com/conditions/synovial-cysts-spine. Accessed on: 5 November 2010.
  2. ↑ Sisodia, GB. (2013). "Methods of predicting vertebral body fractures of the lumbar spine.". World J Orthop 4 (4): 241-247. doi:10.5312/wjo.v4.i4.241. PMID 24147259.
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