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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> | ||
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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> | |||
==General== | ==General== | ||