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Lumbosacral transitional vertebra
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29 Mar 2022
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Chalk stick fracture
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30 Mar 2022
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Combined flexion-extension cervical spine fractures with traumatic spinal cord injury
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16 Aug 2016
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Superior hypogastric nerve block
Superior hypogastric nerve block is a valuable tool for pain relief in the setting of uterine fibroid embolization. This procedure results in significant ischemic pain, peaking at 6-8 hours and lasting approximately 24 hours, then followed by a lesser degree of post-embolization pain which can l...
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Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) refers to the hematogenous spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Pathology
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis can occur as a primary form of the disease, i.e. direct infection of an extrapulmonary organ without the presence of primary pulmonary tuberculosis or it can ...
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Transverse process fracture
Transverse process fractures are common sequelae of trauma, although they are considered minor and stable lumbar spine fractures. There is a strong association between transverse process fractures and other traumatic injuries.
Pathology
Transverse process fracture most commonly occurs in the u...
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Coccygeal fracture
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05 Oct 2022
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Sacrococcygeal teratoma
Sacrococcygeal teratoma refers to a teratoma arising in the sacrococcygeal region. The coccyx is almost always involved 6.
Epidemiology
It is the most common congenital tumor in fetus 11 and neonate 3. The incidence is estimated at ~1:35,000-40,000. There is a recognized female predilection wi...
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Sacrococcygeal giant cell tumor
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03 Jan 2017
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Sacral insufficiency fracture
Sacral insufficiency fractures are a subtype of stress fractures, which are the result of normal stresses on abnormal bone, most frequently seen in the setting of osteoporosis. They fall under the broader group of pelvic insufficiency fractures.
Epidemiology
Risk factors
Risk factors are thos...
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Metastatic chondrosarcoma
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14 Dec 2017
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Ankylosing spondylitis
Ankylosing spondylitis (less commonly known as Bechterew disease or Marie-Strümpell disease) is a seronegative spondyloarthropathy, which results in fusion (ankylosis) of the spine and sacroiliac (SI) joints, although involvement is also seen in large and small joints.
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Traditional...
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Achondroplasia
Achondroplasia is a congenital genetic disorder resulting in rhizomelic dwarfism and is the most common skeletal dysplasia. It has numerous distinctive radiographic features.
Epidemiology
It occurs due to sporadic mutations in the majority of cases but can be inherited as an autosomal dominan...
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Tarlov cyst
Tarlov cysts, also called perineural cysts, are CSF-filled dilatations of the nerve root sheath at the dorsal root ganglion (posterior nerve root sheath). These are type II spinal meningeal cysts that are, by definition, extradural but contain neural tissue.
Most Tarlov cysts are asymptomatic, ...
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Sacroiliitis
Sacroiliitis (rare plural: sacroiliitides), is an inflammation of one or both sacroiliac (SI) joints, and a common cause of buttocks or lower back pain. Sacroiliitis can be a manifestation of a wide range of disease processes.
Clinical presentation
Symptoms of sacroiliitis can vary. People wit...
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