title: Rapidly destructive disk degeneration. Report of a case documented by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: A case of rapidly destructive disk degeneration in which imaging studies were performed over a two-year period is reported. Rapidly destructive disk degeneration is a clinicopathological entity recently redefined by Revel et al.. It is analogous to conditions characterized by peripheral chondrolysis, such as rapidly destructive hip osteoarthritis. Its pathogenesis remains obscure.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Department, General Hospital Center, Laval, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benmansour
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jarrier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tijari
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Auvinet
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed