title: [A woman with a cavity in an intervertebral disc on the CT-scan].
abstract: The CT scan of a 77-year-old woman showed hypodense structures in the spine called vacuum phenomenon as an incidental finding. The cause in the majority of cases is the degeneration of tissue but vacuum phenomenon is also associated with other disorders. It is important to distinguish between benign causes and malignant causes. Unfamiliarity with this vacuum phenomenon may lead to suboptimal treatment.
authors.affiliation: Ziekenhuis Bernhoven, Uden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smits
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Smorenburg
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Ramakers
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014618:Vacuum