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<v ->Another Xray case here showing something

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weird about this spine.

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It's a degenerative spine,

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but something that called attention is this low signal,

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very focal area here

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at a lower dorsal vertabra.

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Has some edema here.

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And so look in this pattern we see

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there is also a Schmorl's node.

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Really intriguing, this case here.

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And we confirm it our hypothesis.

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We did the CT on this patient.

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And we confirm it.

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The interosseus migration of a disc calcification.

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So another ardent case of hydroxyapatite migration,

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causing inflammation on this process.

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Faculty

Donald Resnick, MD

Professor Emeritus, Department of Radiology

University of California, San Diego

Carlos H. Longo, MD

Head of Radiology

Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo

Abdalla Skaf, MD

Head of the Department of Diagnostic Imaging Hospital HCor / Medical director of ALTA diagnostics (DASA group)

HCOR / DASA / TELEIMAGEM

Rodrigo Aguiar, MD, PhD

Professor of Radiology

Federal University of Paraná - Brazil

Marcelo D’Abreu, MD

Head of Radiology

Hospital Mae de Deus

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Spine

Musculoskeletal (MSK)

MSK

MRI