Difference between revisions of "Degenerative disc disease"

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→‎Microscopic: malignancy in DDD
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*+/-Synovium with or without proliferation.<ref name=pmid16393686/>
*+/-Synovium with or without proliferation.<ref name=pmid16393686/>
*+/-Neovascularization of disc material.<ref name=pmid16393686/>
*+/-Neovascularization of disc material.<ref name=pmid16393686/>
*hemosiderin deposits (trauma or previous surgery).


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DDx:
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*Malignancy - very rare if not suspected.
*Malignancy - very rare if not suspected.
**''Not'' reported in a series of 985 specimens.<ref name=pmid16393686/>
**''Not'' reported in a series of 985 specimens.<ref name=pmid16393686/>
** Unexpected malignancy in 2 of 2177 specimens.<ref name=pmid16506461>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Hasselblatt | first1 = M. | last2 = Maintz | first2 = D. | last3 = Goll | first3 = T. | last4 = Wildförster | first4 = U. | last5 = Schul | first5 = C. | last6 = Paulus | first6 = W. | title = Frequency of unexpected and important histopathological findings in routine intervertebral disc surgery. | journal = J Neurosurg Spine | volume = 4 | issue = 1 | pages = 20-3 | month = Jan | year = 2006 | doi = 10.3171/spi.2006.4.1.20 | PMID = 16506461 }}</ref>


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