[Vertebral vacuum phenomena].
The spinal vacuum phenomenon is a collection of gas within the disk space, the vertebral body, the apophyseal joint or the spinal canal. The intradiscal vacuum phenomenon is frequently observed in degenerative disk disease and crystal-induced diskopathy. This has obvious significance to the radiologist, who, on observing a narrowed disk space or collapsed vertebral body, might otherwise consider infectious or neoplastic spondylitis, a likely possibility. The presence of vacuum phenomenon militates against the diagnosis of infection or tumor.
Hamzé
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Service de Radiologie Ostéo-articulaire, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris.
Leaute
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Wybier
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Laredo
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D002805:Chondrocalcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004824:Epidural Space / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014618:Vacuum
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