Vertebral Alterations in Scheuermann's Kyphosis
作者:
PETER SCOLES,
BRUCE LATIMER,
BENEDICT DiGIOVANNI,
EDITH VARGO,
SANDRA BAUZA,
LYMAN JELLEMA,
期刊:
Spine
(OVID Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 16,
issue 5
页码: 509-515
ISSN:0362-2436
年代: 1991
出版商: OVID
关键词: Scheuermann's kyphosis;vertebral morphology;Schmorl's nodes
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
In a cadaver-derived skeletal collection of 1,384 thoracolumbar spinal columns, 103 (7.4%) individuals with vertebral changes of Scheuermann's kyphosis were identified. Anterior extension of the vertebral specimens was noted in 94% of affected specimens. No evidence of osteoporosis was noted by single-photon absorptiometric analysis in the affected sample compared with a normal control group. Biopsy specimens from two immature patients obtained at surgery suggested disorganized endochondral ossification similar to that noted in Blount's disease. It was concluded that increased pressure on the anterior margin of the centrum is responsible for histologic and morphologic changes of Scheuermann's kyphosis.
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