Intervertebral disk calcification in childhood.
Intervertebral disk calcification in childhood.
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儿童时期椎间盘钙化。
作者:
J. Melnick;F. Silverman
Roentgenologic evidence of intervertebral disk calcification is infrequent in adult life; in childhood, it is an exceedingly uncommon finding. We have discovered in the available literature reports of 48 cases in the pediatric age group and have 5 additional cases of our own. From a careful review of the material, it would appear that certain aspects of the condition occur with sufficient frequency to merit consideration as a separate entity. According to Sandstrom (27), calcification of the intervertebral disks was first described by Luschka in 1858. Almost a half century later, it was demonstrated by Beneke (1897) in his Roentgen Study in the Cadaver. It was again described by Calve and Galland in 1922 (6). The calcification was believed by Schmorl (30), according to his classical study of this subject in 1932, to be the result of a degenerative process, without clinical significance. In the same year Rathcke (23) reported microscopically visible calcification in intervertebral disks at all ages. In 192...