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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> | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
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*Essentially a radiologic diagnosis. | *Essentially a radiologic diagnosis. | ||
*Not associated with [[osteopenia]].<ref name=pmid11756740>{{Cite journal | last1 = González-Reimers | first1 = E. | last2 = Mas-Pascual | first2 = M. | last3 = Arnay-De-La-Rosa | first3 = M. | last4 = Velasco-Vázquez | first4 = J. | last5 = Santolaria-Fernández | first5 = F. | title = Schmorl nodes: lack of relationship between degenerative changes and osteopenia. | journal = Radiology | volume = 222 | issue = 1 | pages = 293-4 | month = Jan | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1148/radiol.2221011147 | PMID = 11756740 }}</ref> | *Not associated with [[osteopenia]].<ref name=pmid11756740>{{Cite journal | last1 = González-Reimers | first1 = E. | last2 = Mas-Pascual | first2 = M. | last3 = Arnay-De-La-Rosa | first3 = M. | last4 = Velasco-Vázquez | first4 = J. | last5 = Santolaria-Fernández | first5 = F. | title = Schmorl nodes: lack of relationship between degenerative changes and osteopenia. | journal = Radiology | volume = 222 | issue = 1 | pages = 293-4 | month = Jan | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1148/radiol.2221011147 | PMID = 11756740 }}</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> | |||
*May be associated with trauma.<ref name=pmid1754491>{{Cite journal | last1 = Walters | first1 = G. | last2 = Coumas | first2 = JM. | last3 = Akins | first3 = CM. | last4 = Ragland | first4 = RL. | title = Magnetic resonance imaging of acute symptomatic Schmorl's node formation. | journal = Pediatr Emerg Care | volume = 7 | issue = 5 | pages = 294-6 | month = Oct | year = 1991 | doi = | PMID = 1754491 }}</ref> | *May be associated with trauma.<ref name=pmid1754491>{{Cite journal | last1 = Walters | first1 = G. | last2 = Coumas | first2 = JM. | last3 = Akins | first3 = CM. | last4 = Ragland | first4 = RL. | title = Magnetic resonance imaging of acute symptomatic Schmorl's node formation. | journal = Pediatr Emerg Care | volume = 7 | issue = 5 | pages = 294-6 | month = Oct | year = 1991 | doi = | PMID = 1754491 }}</ref> | ||