DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Osteochondral abnormalities
Osteochondritis dissecans
Osteochondritis dissecans (and often abbreviated to OCD or OD) is a joint disorder in which cracks form in the articular cartilage and the underlying subchondral bone. OCD is caused by blood deprivation in the subchondral bone. This loss of blood flow causes the subchondral bone to die in a process called avascular necrosis. The bone is then reabsorbed by the body, leaving the articular cartilage it supported prone to damage. The result is fragmentation of both cartilage and bone, and the free movement of these osteochondral fragments within the joint space, causing pain and further damage...
Osteochondral abnormalities - List of case studies
- Spinal column pathology
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investigated by MRI that showed advanced degenerative abnormalities, inversion of physiological lordosis (apex at L1-L2), and L4-L5 ... the anterior trunk are substantially unchanged. The osteochondral abnormalities of facing bounding soma at L2-L3 and the known ...
- Left Knee Arthralgia
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meniscal fibrocartilage, diffuse femoral-tibial arthrotic abnormalities, subchondral cysts and edema of the spongious bone, as well as ... moderate joint effusion . No evident abnormalities in the osteochondral structures of the articular heads.” Following these ...
- Spinal column pathology - additional opinion
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MRI was performed, which showed very advanced arthrosic abnormalities, inversion of physiological lordosis with a fulcrum at L1-L2, ... of the anterior trunk are substantially unchanged. The osteochondral abnormalities of facing bounding soma at L2-L3 and the known ...