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'''Degenerative disc disease''', abbreviated '''[[DDD]]''', is a common [[ditzel]], typically generated in the course of a discectomy operation. | |||
''Vertebral disc'' and ''discectomy'' redirect here. | |||
==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)]. | |||
==Sign out== | |||
<pre> | |||
CERVICAL DISC, DISCECTOMY: | |||
- DISC WITH DEGENERATIVE CHANGES. | |||
- NO EVIDENCE OF MALIGNANCY. | |||
</pre> | |||
<pre> | |||
LUMBAR DISC, DECOMPRESSION: | |||
- DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE. | |||
</pre> | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Spine]]. | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist|1}} | |||
[[Category:Diagnosis]] | [[Category:Diagnosis]] | ||