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Term ID: | 3940 |
Name: | Kummell disease |
Definition: | Kummell disease, or avascular necrosis of a vertebral body, presents as vertebral osteonecrosis typically affecting a thoracic vertebra with compression deformity, intravertebral vacuum cleft, and exaggerated kyphosis weeks to months after a minor traumatic injury. |
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Synonyms: | avascular necrosis of a vertebral body; bony vertebral centrum osteonecrosis; Kummell disease; Kummell's disease; Kummell's spondylitis; osteonecrosis of bony vertebral centrum; traumatic spondylopathy |
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