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Schmorl's nodes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Schmorl's nodes or Schmorl's nodules are protrusions of the cartilage of the intervertebral disc through the vertebral body endplate and into the adjacent vertebra. These are protrusions of disc ma...
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(Christian Georg Schmorl, 1861 - 1932, German pathologist), protrusion of intervertebral disc material through a break in the subchondral bone plate, with displacement of this material into the vertebral body, leading to an abnormal contour of the spine on radiographs. ... Schmorl's node, Table 1.
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A Schmorl's node is an upward and downward protrusion (pushing into) of a spinal disk's soft tissue into the bony tissue of the adjacent vertebrae (the bony building blocks of the spine). Schmorl's nodes are detectable with an x-ray test as a spine abnormality.
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Lipson SJ, Fox DA, Sosman JL. Symptomatic intravertebral disc herniation (Schmorl's node) in the cervical spine. Ann Rheum Dis 1985;44:857-859[Abstract/Free Full Text] ... Kornberg M. MRI diagnosis of traumatic Schmorl's node. Spine 1988;13:934-935[Medline]
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To understand Schmorl's nodule (also known as Schmorl's node), it is first necessary ... Although Schmorl's nodules may cause pain (usually in the middle/lower back), they usually do not cause any other symptoms besides stiffness in the lower spine. In most cases, Schmorl's nodes do not cause any symptoms at all.
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