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[[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. | ||
==General== | |||
*DDx is can be quite large - see ''[[spinal mass]]''. | |||
==Synovial cyst== | ==Synovial cyst== | ||
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Notes: | Notes: | ||
*If epithelium missing -- then ''ganglion''. | *If epithelium missing -- then ''[[ganglion cyst]]''. | ||
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WRIST LESION ("GANGLION"), EXCISION: | |||
- BENIGN SYNOVIAL CYST. | |||
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==Degenerative disc disease== | |||
{{Main|Degenerative disc disease}} | |||
==Schmorl's node== | |||
{{Main|Schmorl's node}} | |||
==Vertebral | ==Vertebral fracture== | ||
:This deals with ''benign'' vertebral fractures. | |||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
* | *Usually elderly with [[osteoporosis]].<ref name=pmid24147259>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sisodia | first1 = GB. | title = Methods of predicting vertebral body fractures of the lumbar spine. | journal = World J Orthop | volume = 4 | issue = 4 | pages = 241-247 | month = | year = 2013 | doi = 10.5312/wjo.v4.i4.241 | PMID = 24147259 }}</ref> | ||
* | *Essentially a [[clinical diagnosis]]. | ||
*The pathologist's job is to exclude [[malignancy]]. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
* | *Non-viable bone. | ||
DDx: | |||
*[[Pathologic fracture]]. | |||
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L11 VERTEBRA, BIOPSY: | |||
- BENIGN FRAGMENTS OF BONE. | |||
- BENIGN FIBROCONNECTIVE TISSUE. | |||
- BONE MARROW WITH TRILINEAGE HEMATOPOIESIS. | |||
- NO EVIDENCE OF MALIGNANCY. | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Soft tissue]]. | *[[Soft tissue]]. | ||
*[[Bone]]. | *[[Bone]]. | ||
*[[Ditzels]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||