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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis is ossification of ligaments and their attachment sites, often forming bony...

MRI technique sensitive to microscopic water movement within tissues, used to investigate selected lesions in...

Broad extension of a disc contour beyond its usual margin. This imaging term does not...

Changes in a disc, such as reduced hydration or height, that are common with ageing...

Reduced water content in a disc, often visible as a change in MRI signal.Lire cette...

General term for an abnormality or disorder of an intervertebral disc; it does not by...

Surgery removing some or all of the targeted disc material, particularly to relieve neural compression.Lire...

Form of herniation in which displaced material extends beyond the width of its base, or...

Localized displacement of disc material beyond its usual boundaries. A herniation may cause no symptoms...

Inflammation of an intervertebral disc, often related to infection in the clinical context of spondylodiscitis.Lire...